Before Your First: Vaginal Delivery

The OB One-Liner: “This is a _ yr old G_ P_ @_ wks GA here for ____.” Ex: This is a 34yo G3P2002 @ 38wks3days GA here for contractions Triage: 4 essential questions to ask every pregnant woman in triage Contractions, leaking fluid, vaginal bleeding, fetal movement What is labor? ...  Show more

High yield resources and tips for your Ob/Gyn clerkship. Youtube Playlist: http://bit.ly/pimped-ob Books: Netters Obstetrics and Gynecology by Beckmann Apps: Pimped App – Clinical questions to expect in the OR and on the wards Uptodate Epocrates GoodRx LactMed – medications safe ...  Show more

Contributor: Meghan Hurley MD

Educational Pearls:

Pearls about labor:

Labor is split into 3 stages.

Maddie’s 7 Cardinal Movements of a Successful Delivery: 1. Head comes out 2. Head turns 3. Cord Assessment 4. Anterior shoulder delivered 5. Posterior shoulder delivered 6. Body delivered. 7. Baby on mom’s chest T’s of Postpartum Hemorrhage: 1. Tone 2. Trauma 3. Tissue 4. Thrombo ...  Show more

Mandy was induced for all of her births, until her fourth. She was told by medical professionals that her body just "didn't go into labor on it's own" and she "needed a little help."

The resulting distrust in her body was something she carried with ...

During pregnancy, your blood volume and energy expenditure can roughly double, your heart rate increases 10 to 15 beats per minute…and there are even more changes after you give birth to the human inside of you. So how do you navigate exercise during the endurance event of a life ...  Show more