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Published	03/13/2025	What is the role of oxytocin in the process of labour?
Published	03/13/2025	Your 36-week-pregnant wife calls your name from upstairs! You rush to her side and quickly learn that for the past two days, she’s been experiencing i…
Published	03/13/2025	What signals the start of labour?
Published	03/13/2025	A soon-to-be mother in the ward is experiencing heavy uterine contractions, pushing hard, and the foetus’s head is poking through the cervix, but has …
Published	03/13/2025	Stage one of labour creates the birth canal and lasts from the beginning of labour until the cervix is fully dilated (~10cm), with contractions every …
Published	03/13/2025	A 28 year old mother feels lightheaded after her vaginal delivery, and a doctor informs that she lost more blood than normal during the third stage of…
Published	03/13/2025	Describe the initial presentation of labour in expecting mothers.
Published	03/13/2025	To deliver a baby during the second stage of labour, what positions (7 in total!) must the baby undergo?
Published	03/13/2025	A neutral vaginal secretion is indicative of what process in a pregnant woman?
Published	03/13/2025	The doctor tells the patient to push with every contraction, at 10 seconds at a time, 2-3 times per contraction. What “P’s” contribute to the maternal…
Published	03/13/2025	Your patient complains of visceral pain from her uterine contractions. Pain management during pregnancy can comprise which options?
Published	03/13/2025	A patient’s chart explains that there is “abnormal delivery.” What does this mean?
Published	03/13/2025	Cerclage is used in what procedure for pregnancy?
Published	03/13/2025	At 33 weeks gestation, Taylor walks into your clinic complaining of vaginal bleeding. You measure a cervical length of 19mm. What are you most concern…
Published	03/13/2025	Marjorie, currently 33 weeks pregnant, G4T2A1L2, has a history of post-term labour. This time, she’s ready, and would like you to induce labour when s…
Published	03/13/2025	Helen has been in the third stage of labour for the last 20 minutes, and is growing increasingly tired. Why would this be a concern?
Published	03/13/2025	Serena is currently in labour, and the doctor declares her with failure to progress during the first stage. What does this mean, and what can be done …
Published	03/13/2025	What is the etiology of postpartum haemorrhage? (Hint: 4 T’s!)
Published	03/13/2025	How can you prevent postpartum haemorrhage?
Published	03/13/2025	Should you be concerned if a patient loses 14% of her total blood volume during postpartum haemorrhage?
Published	03/13/2025	Placental fragments retained in the uterine cavity can cause PPH. How does this process occur?
Published	03/13/2025	What 3 clinical signs signal the NORMAL separation of the placenta from the uterine interface?
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