2. LABOR OR PARTURITION
Series of events that take place in the genital organs in an
effort to expel the viable products of conception out of the womb
through the vagina into the outer world is called labor.
3. PARTURITION AND PARTURIENT
Parturition is the process of giving
birth. Parturient is a women in labor
DELIVERY
It is the expulsion or extraction of a
viable fetus out of the womb.
4. Spontaneous in onset and at term.
With cephalic presentation
Without undue prolongation
Natural termination with minimal aids.
Without having any complications
Duration of <12 hrs in nulliparous women and <8 hrs in
multiparous women.
13. 1. Gynecoid (the classic female type)
2. Android (resembling the male pelvis)
3. Anthropoid (resembling the pelvis of anthropoid apes)
4. Platypelloid (the flat pelvis)
19. •Uterine contractions at regular intervals.
•Frequency of contractions increase gradually.
•Intensity and duration of contraction increase progressively.
•Associated with “show”.
•Progressive effacement and dilatation of the cervix.
•Descent of the presenting part
•Formation of the “bag of forewater”.
•Not relieved by enema or sedatives.
20. •Contraction and retraction of uterine muscle
•Formation of upper and lower segment
•Development of retraction ring
•Taking up of the cervix or effacement of the cervix
•Dilatation of the cervix
•Show presentation
•Formation of bag of water
•General fluid pressure
•Rupture of membranes
•Fetal axis pressure
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33. PURPOSES
To conduct safe and clean delivery
To provide an adequate help and maintain comfortable to mother in labor
To prevent maternal and fetal complication eg:- maternal and fetal
distress, postpartum hemorrhage and injuries etc
To give a healthy, live and a normal birth of a baby.
To maintain normal delivery process with good guidance, maximum
observation with minimal assistance.
To identify deviation from normal and complications in early and take
corrective measures as necessary.
34. Non- interference with watchful expectancy so as to
prepare the patient for a smooth delivery in the second
stage
To monitor carefully the progress of labor, maternal
conditions and fetal behaviourso as to detect any
deviation from the normal at the earliest possible
movement.
35. Nursing care
Hospital admission
Perineal preparation
Cleansing enema
Check the uterine contractions
Monitoring and recording color and amount of show
Fetal monitoring
Vital signs
36. Patient should void
Patient is NPO during labor
Positioning during labor
Prevention of infection
Vaginal examination
Artifical rupture of membranes
Emotional support
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40. Labour table with Mackintosh shhet
Suction machine
Oxygen cylinder with face mask, oxygen concentrator
24 hour water supply
Waste disposal system in place
24 hour electricity with backup
Attached toilet in the labour room
Designated Newborn corner (Radiant warmer, separate drug tray for the
baby, suction cannula, pedal suction machine/ mucus extractor, Ambu bag)
Flooring, walls, ceiling and lighting adequate.
41. Emergency drug tray with:
Oxytocin injection
Diazepam injection
Magnesium sulphate injection
Lignocaine hydrochloride injection
Nifedipine tablet
Normal delivery kits availability
Equipments for assisted vaccum delivery
Equipments for forceps delivery (outlet forceps)
Surgical set for episiotomy and mointor procedures available
Availability of gloves, sterilized cotton gauze, sterile syringes and needles,
drip sets and IV infusions.
44. 1. Radiant warmer
2. Neonatal ambu bag with face mask
3. Mucous extractor
4. Infant tray with clean cloth for draping the baby
5. Oxygen cylinder with flow meter
6. Nasal catheter
7. Laryngoscope and endotracheal intubation tube
8. Paediatric stethoscope
9. Baby scale
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process of adaptation, during its journey through the pelvis is
called mechanism of labor.
The mechanism of labor is the positional movements that
the fetus undergoes to accommodate itself to the maternal
pelvis.
It is the manner in which the fetus adjusts itself to pass
through the parturient canal with minimal difficulty.
47. 1. Descent takes place throughout the labor
2. Whichever part leads and first meets the resistance of the
pelvic floor will rotate forward until it comes under the
symphysis pubis.
3. Whatever emerges from the pelvis will pivot around the pubic
bone
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59. •Increased intensity of uterine contractions.
•Appearance of bearing down efforts.
•Urge to defecate with descent of the presenting part.
•Complete dilatation of the cervix as evidenced on
vaginal examination.
61. Latent phase
•The woman may be placed in a lateral or partial sitting or
other comfortable position.
•Encourage relaxation to conserve energy.
Descent phase
•Assist to bear down effectively.
•Assist to assume position of comfort that facilitate
descent.
•Encourage breathing during bearing down efforts.
•Help to relax between contractions and provide comfort
measures.
•Cleanse perineum immediately, if fecal material is
expelled.
62. Transitional phase
•Assist to patient during contractions to avoid rapid birth of head.
•Teach to gently bear down during contractions- slow gentle push.
Emotional support
•Keep informed of progress of fetal descent.
•Provide feedback for bearing down efforts.
•Explain the purpose, if any medication is given and reassure the
woman.
•Provide a quiet, calm environment and continuous nursing
presence.
63. •Never leave the patient alone once she has been transferred to the
delivery room.
•Encourage the patient to rest between contractions and to push with
contractions. Only one person should coach. Verbal encouragement and
physical contact help reassure and encourage the patient.
•Position the patient’s legs in the stirrups for the lithotomy position.
This is the most common position for the delivery.
•Prepare the patient’s perineum. A betadine scrub and water are used.
clean the perineum by washing the pubic area, down each thigh, down
each side of the labia, down the perineum and down the rectal area.
•Monitor the patient’s blood pressure and the fetal heart tones every 5
minutes and after contractions.