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Doula Vocabulary Words – Comprehensive GuideDoula ✔️Ans - a person who is trained to assist a woman during childbirth
and who may provide support to the family after the baby is born.
Midwife ✔️Ans - a person qualified to deliver babies and to care for
women before, during, and after childbirth.
Obstetricians ✔️Ans - Medical doctors who specialize in pregnancy and
birth.
Gestational diabetes ✔️Ans - A type of diabetes that occurs only during
pregnancy.
Braxton-Hicks contractions ✔️Ans - Irregular contractions of the womb
(the uterus) occurring towards the middle/ end of pregnancy. Also called false
labor.
Lamaze method ✔️Ans - Natural childbirth method that focuses on
relaxation and breathing techniques, using a focal point and an emotional
coach.
Rh Factor ✔️Ans - When the type of protein in red blood cells do not match
between the mother and baby.
Pictocin ✔️Ans - It can cause or strengthen labor contractions during
childbirth, and control bleeding after childbirth.
Amniotic Fluid ✔️Ans - the serous fluid in which the embryo or fetus is
suspended within the uterus.
APGAR Score ✔️Ans - an index used to evaluate the condition of a newborn
infant based on a rating of 0, 1, or 2 for each of the five characteristics of color,
heart rate, response to stimulation of the sole of the foot, muscle tone and
respiration. 10 is a perfect score. This is usually performed in the delivery
room right after the baby is born.
, Back Labor ✔️Ans - Located in the lower back, pain and discomfort due to
uterine contractions, which most commonly occurs with posterior
presentation.
Mucus Plug ✔️Ans - blocks the opening of the cervix to prevent bacteria
from entering the uterus. Is expelled before labor so that the cervix can open.
It may be clear, slightly pink or blood tinged in color. It may be stringy mucus
or sticky discharge. Some women may not even notice the loss of their mucus
plug because there is already an increase in vaginal discharge during
pregnancy.
Billirubin ✔️Ans - A common condition in newborns, jaundice refers to the
yellow color of the skin and whites of the eyes caused by excess bilirubin in
the blood. Bilirubin is produced by the normal breakdown of red blood cells.
Normally, bilirubin passes through the liver and is excreted as bile through
the intestines. Jaundice occurs when bilirubin builds up faster than a
newborn's liver can break it down and pass it from the body.
Bishop Score ✔️Ans - refers to a group of measurements used to
determine a woman's readiness for labor. Bishop's Score is based on station,
dilation, effacement, position and consistency.
Breech ✔️Ans - Usually a few weeks before birth, most babies will move
into delivery position, with their head moving near the birth canal. If this does
not happen, the baby's buttocks and/or feet, will be in place to be delivered
first. This is called a breech presentation.
Cervical Lip (also know as an Anterior Cervical Lip) ✔️Ans - the
entrapment of the final centimeter of cervix between the pelvic brim and the
fetal head just prior to complete dilatation.
Cervix ✔️Ans - The neck of the uterus. This is what dilates to allow the
baby to come out of the uterus.
Contraction ✔️Ans - the rhythmic tightening of the uterus, usually causing
the cervix to dilate and allow the passage of the baby. In labor contractions get
stronger, closer together and longer.
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