GEN&WS 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Umbilical Cord, Episiotomy, Artificial Rupture Of Membranes
21 Nov 2016
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Consider how birth is both a physiological and cultural experience. Recognize that there is no wrong way to give birth. Temporary organ joining pregnant person and fetus. Nutritional: transfers nutrients and oxygen to fetus. Transfers waste and carbon dioxide back into the pregnant person"s body. Endocrinological: produces hormones that thicken and maintain endometrium. Keep endometrium nice and thick to nourish the baby. Promotes mammary gland growth; helps prepare for maternal. Immunological: in the final trimester -> passes antibodies to the fetus lactation. Thin but very strong set of membranes that holds the fetus in amniotic fluid. Water breaking when the sac has opened and amniotic fluid drains out. Water balloon that sits beside the placenta. The larger the #, the more open the cervix. In order for birth to happen, it has to be 10cm dilated. The larger the #, the thinner the cervix. 100% would be fully effaced and thinned. Tightening of uterus during labor and birth.
