essential labor signs Flashcards by Kara S | Brainscape

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cervical effacement

A

thinning and shortening

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signs of approaching labor

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backache (baby pressing against bones)- bloody show, passing of mucous plug- braxton hicks contractions- lightening (first baby phenomenon, sense of pressure)

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braxton hicks contractions

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irregular, painless, no cervical change

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4 P’s of labor

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P assengerP assagewayP owersP syche

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