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Neonate a |
The term used for new bbrorns |
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Braxton-hicks conditions |
False labor |
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First stage of labor |
The longest stage of labor . The uterus contracts to open the cervix so it's wide enough for the baby's head to pass through |
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Second stage of labor |
Starts when the baby's head begins to move through the cervix. Lasts around 90 minutes and ends when the baby has completely left the mothers body |
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Third stage of labor |
When the child's umbilical cord and placenta are expelled . The quickest stage |
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Episiotomy |
An incision sometimes mad to increase the size of the opening of the vagina to allow the baby to pass |
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Apgar scale |
A standard measurement system that looks for a variety of indications of good health in new borns |
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Anoxia |
A restriction of oxygen to the baby lasting a few minutes during the birth process, that can produce brain damage |
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Bonding |
Close physical and emotional contact between parent and child during the period immediately following birth, argued by some to affect later relationship strength |
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Alternative birthing procedures |
Lamaze- breathing techniques Bradley method- husband coached Hypnobirthing - self-hypnosis Water birth- birthing in warm water pool |
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Epidural anesthesia |
Produces numbness from the waist down |
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Walking epidural |
Continues drug administration permits movement and fewer side effects |
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Preterm infants |
Infants who are born prior to 38 weeks after conception ( also known as premature infants) |
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Low-birthweight infants |
Infants who weigh less than 2,500 grams ( around 5 1/2 pounds) at birth |
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Small-for-gestation-age infants |
Infants who, because of delayed fetal growth, weigh 90% or less of the average weight of infants of the same gestational age |
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Very-low-birthweight infants |
Infants who weigh less than 1,250 grams (2.25 pounds) or, regardless of weight, have been in the womb less than 30 weeks |
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Postmature infants |
Infants still unborn 2 weeks after the mothers due date |
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Cesarean delivery |
A birth in which the baby is surgically removed from the uterus, rather than traveling through the birth canal |
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Fetal monitor |
A device that measures the baby's heartbeat during labor |
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Stillbirth |
The delivery of a child who is not alive, occurring in 1 delivery in 115 in th US |
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Infant mortality |
Death within the first year of life |
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Reflexes |
Unlearned, involuntary responses that occur automatically in the presence of certain stimuli |
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Classic conditioning |
A type of learning in which an organism responds in a particular way to a neutral stimulus that normally does not bring about that type of response |
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Operant conditioning |
A form of learning in which voluntary response is strengthened or weakened, depending on its association with positive or negative consequences |
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Habituation |
The decrease in the response to a stimulus that occurs after repeated presentation of the same stimulus |
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States of arousal |
Different degrees of sleep and wakefulness through which newborns cycle, ranging from deep sleep to great agitation |
