| Coverage : The Giving Birth Quiz tests your knowledge about the various methods of controlling pain while giving birth to a child. |
| 1. | A written plan of how you would like to give birth to a child is called: |
| a. | | Birth project |
| b. | | Issue Project plan |
| c. | | Birth Plan |
| d. | | Baby project |
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| 2. | While giving birth to a child, the epidurals used may cause: |
| a. | | Head aches |
| b. | | Drop in blood pressure |
| c. | | Sneezing |
| d. | | sleepiness |
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| 3. | While giving birth to a child, an epidural may be used to relieve pain. An Epidural refers to: |
| a. | | General anesthetic |
| b. | | Local anesthetic injected into spine |
| c. | | Spray |
| d. | | None |
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| 4. | While giving birth to a child, using pain relief method is |
| a. | | Completely safe |
| b. | | Very dangerous |
| c. | | Safety or danger depends on the midwife |
| d. | | Any method has its own pros and cons |
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| 5. | While giving birth to a child, Entonox may be used. Entonox refers to: |
| a. | | Local anesthetic |
| b. | | General anesthetic |
| c. | | Gas and air combination |
| d. | | Oxygen |
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| 6. | Taking a pain killer while giving birth to a child may cause |
| a. | | No negative effects |
| b. | | Drowsiness to the new born |
| c. | | Nausea to the newborn |
| d. | | Death |
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| 7. | An epidural is |
| a. | | injected into the spine to help block the pain signals being passed to the brain |
| b. | | injected into the cervix to help block pain |
| c. | | injected into the hips |
| d. | | none |
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| 8. | While giving birth to a child, to relieve pain, the following may be used: |
| a. | | Gas and air |
| b. | | Epidural |
| c. | | TENS machine |
| d. | | Medication |
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| 9. | TENS machine works by: |
| a. | | Blocking pain signals and blocking endorphin production |
| b. | | Stimulating pain signals and blocking endorphin production |
| c. | | Blocking pain signals and stimulating endorphin production |
| d. | | None |
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| 10. | TENS stands for |
| a. | | Trans nerve stimulation |
| b. | | Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation |
| c. | | Transporter electrical nerve stimulation |
| d. | | Transgenic electronic machine |
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| 11. | While giving birth to a child: |
| a. | | Every woman experiences the same pain |
| b. | | Every woman experiences the same labour |
| c. | | Every woman experiences the same pain and labour |
| d. | | Every woman experiences different pain and labour |
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| 12. | Birth plan can include factors such as: |
| a. | | where you would like to give birth (home birth, at hospital) |
| b. | | what kind of delivery you would like (in bed, in water, a caesarean section) |
| c. | | who you would like to be present at the birth (husband, partner, mother, friend) |
| d. | | what delivery position you would like to be in (sitting, standing, squatting) |
| e. | | what pain relief methods you would prefer (pethidine, epidural, or just gas and air) |
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