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Garrulous

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You are attending a class for expectant parents. The teacher is explaining the stages of labor. Describe in detail what occurs during the first and second stages.
 
  What will be an ideal response

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When a mother and her baby meet with her pediatrician for the first time, the pediatrician will ask her how long she was in labor, whether labor was easy or difficult, and whether pain medication was given.
 
  Similarly, when the child enters preschool, information about birth
  history and birthweight will be collected. What do the pediatrician and the preschool hope to
  learn from the birth history?
 
  What will be an ideal response



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Answer to Question 1

In the first stage of labor, the cervix dilates to allow passage of the baby's head. In
the second stage of labor, the baby's head moves through the vagina and then
emerges completely. Birth occurs during the second stage of labor.

Answer to Question 2

Most students will probably note that this information is the beginning of the child's
health record and alerts the pediatrician and the preschool to potential early
problems. Many circumstances that affect development and birth history are among
those things the pediatrician and the preschool hope to learn.





 

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