Deck 3: Birth and the Newborn Baby: in the New World

Question 1

The continent with the lowest risk of maternal mortality is ____________.

Answer 1

Pregnancy and child delivery is a very crucial stage in the women's life. It will have many complications if there is any abnormality or due to malnutrition. Complications like the infant deaths and maternity deaths.
Recent medication has developed a lot that reduce the child deaths and maternity death. In a study of save the children program it was shown that Greece is the safest place for the woman to deliver as the infant and maternal death rate is very less.
Hence, the blank can be filled with
.

Question 2

Flow many new mothers are likely to experience the "baby blues"

A) 1 in 5
B) 2 in 5
C) 3 in 5
D) 4 in 5

Answer 2

Postpartum period is the stage after the delivery. This is the stage of a long wait and of happiness. But some women usually one in five new mothers experience a depression called the postpartum depression.
This is due to the sudden drop in the estrogen and is characterized by major changes in appetite and sleep. The other symptoms are sadness, feelings of hopelessness and worthlessness.
This is very rare and occurs in one in every five woman.
Hence the option (a) is not correct.
Some depressions are very common that four out of five women face the depression called the baby blues that includes crying for no reason, felling of restlessness, impatience, and irritability.
Hence the correct option is
.

Question 3

Postpartum depression is most likely related to changes in ____________.

Answer 3

Postpartum period is the stage after the delivery. This is the stage of a long wait and of happiness. But some women usually one in five new mothers experience a depression called the postpartum depression.
This is due to the sudden drop in the estrogen and is characterized by major changes in appetite and sleep. The other symptoms are sadness, feelings of hopelessness and worthlessness.
Hence the blank can be filled with
.

Question 4

In which of the following reflexes does the neonate fans its toes in response to stroking the underside of the foot

A) stepping
B) Moro
C) Babinski
D) tonic neck

Question 5

Klaus and Kennell argued that extensive early contact is necessary to promote ____________.

Question 6

Neonates show

A) visual accommodation.
B) nearsightedness.
C) preference for the color blue.
D) convergence of the eyes.

Question 7

The health of neonates is assessed using the five-point ____________ scale.

Question 8

Neonates show preference for

A) their mothers' voices.
B) their fathers' voices.
C) dogs' barks.
D) music.

Question 9

In the ____________ reflex, the baby turns the head and mouth toward a stimulus that strokes the cheek, chin, or corner of the mouth.

Question 10

According to the text, neonates have a taste preference for ____________ solutions.

A) sour
B) salty
C) sweet
D) bitter

Question 11

False labor contractions are technically called ____________ contractions.

Question 12

Fifteen-day-old breast-fed infants prefer their mothers' ____________ odor to those of other women.

Question 13

What percentage of American deliveries is by C-section

A) 11%
B) 22%
C) 33%
D) 44%

Question 14

Neonates spend about ____________ hours a day sleeping.

A) 6
B) 8
C) 12
D) 16

Question 15

In an ____________ block, anesthesia is injected into the spinal canal.

Question 16

The least common kind of maternal depression after delivery is ____________.

Question 17

Injecting pregnant women at risk for delivering premature babies with ____________ increases the babies' chances of survival.

A) corticosteroids
B) gamma globulin
C) tetracycline
D) saline solution

Question 18

SIDS is more common among

A) female babies.
B) babies who are put to sleep on their stomachs.
C) babies of mothers in their twenties.
D) European American babies.

Question 19

One sign of prematurity is ____________ , an oily white substance on the skin.

Question 20

The risk of maternal mortality during childbirth is highest in

A) China.
B) Egypt.
C) Cuba.
D) Afghanistan.