Baby Positions Flashcards
(34 cards)
1
Q
Vertex
A
- Baby is head down in womb
- head is in pelvis and butt is by ribs
2
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Breech
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- Baby is head up womb
- Head is by ribs and butt is in pelvis
3
Q
Complete breech
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- Baby’s butt is down and legs are crossed over each other
4
Q
Frank breech
A
- Baby’s butt is down and legs are fully extended and feet are up beside baby’s face
5
Q
Footling breech
A
- Baby has one or both feet down
- During birth, feet would come through cervix and birth canal first
6
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Incomplete breech
A
- Baby may be in combination of other breech positions
- Likely that one foot or leg would come first down birth canal
7
Q
Transverse position
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- Baby is lying side-to-side in womb, with head to either right or left and butt on opposite side
- In some countries called lateral position
8
Q
Transverse position ROL
A
- Right occiput lateral
- Baby is lying sideways with head to mom’s right side
9
Q
Anterior
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- Baby is facing spine with back angled more towards belly button
10
Q
Posterior
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- Baby facing belly button with back angled more towards spine
11
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Occiput
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- Back of baby’s head
- Position of back of baby’s head is used to note position
- Denominator
12
Q
Sacrum
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- Bony plate at the back of pelvis
- Used to determine position
- Denominator
13
Q
ROA
A
- Right occiput anterior
- Baby’s back is angled facing to right of belly button
14
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ROP
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- Right Occiput Posterior
- Baby’s back is angled facing to right of spine
15
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LOP
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- Left Occiput Posterior
- Baby’s back is angled facing to left of spine
16
Q
LOA
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- Left Occiput Anterior
- Baby’s back is angled facing left of belly button
- Optimal position
17
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ROT/LOT
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- Baby’s back is facing directly to right side or facing directly to left side, respectively
- LOT is optimal position
18
Q
OP
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- Baby’s back is directly to mom’s back, in front of spine
19
Q
OA
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- Baby’s back is directly to the front, just behind belly button
- Optimal position
20
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Station
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- Where baby’s head (or butt for breeched baby) is in pelvis
- lower number means baby is higher in pelvis
- Baby’s head drops lower into pelvis and through deep pelvis during birth
21
Q
Engaged
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- Baby’s head that’s moved deep down into pelvis
- First time babies usually engage couple of weeks before labor
- Subsequent babies often don’t engage until labor
- Sometimes called lightening
22
Q
-3 Station
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- baby is still high and floating within pelvic brim (hip bones)
23
Q
-2 Station
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- baby has dropped down into narrower “true pelvis”
24
Q
-1 Station
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- baby is moving deeper into pelvis
25
0 Station
- baby's head is at level of ischial spines, bony points deep inside mom's pelvis
- baby is fully engaged at 0 station
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+1 Station
- baby is starting to move out of pelvis
27
+2 Station
- baby nearly through pelvis
28
+3 Station
- baby's head is moving past "sit bones" and out of bony pelvis
29
+4 or +5 Station
- used to indicate baby's head is moving through birth canal to perineum for birth
30
Flexion
- baby's head is tucked into chest
| - ideal for babies in any and all positions
31
Extension
- baby's head is tilted up as if baby is sniffing at something or looking up at the sky (full extension)
32
Military attitude
- Baby is looking straight ahead; no tucked chin or extended neck
33
Birth ball
- Helps align pelvis well
- Keeps belly tilted slightly forward, which makes it into "hammock" for baby
- Can rotate hips in circles to encourage baby down pelvis
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Miles circuit
- One knee chest position
- Exaggerated SIMS
- Get up and get moving
