Labour

This lesson will focus on the different types of birth, pain management available to support in labour and on postnatal physical and mental health.

Labour

This lesson will focus on the different types of birth, pain management available to support in labour and on postnatal physical and mental health.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Vaginal labour and C-Section
  2. Pain management in labour
  3. Wellbeing after pregnancy, including both physical and mental (e.g. postnatal depression)

Content guidance

  • Contains sexual content.

Supervision

Adult supervision suggested

Licence

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5 Questions

Q1.
'Going into labour' refers to the process of...
Correct answer: Giving birth to a baby.
Having an operation.
Having menstrual cramps (period pain).
Q2.
Pains during childbirth are known as...
Cataracts.
Correct answer: Contractions.
Contracts.
Q3.
There is no safe pain relief available to help during labour.
Correct answer: False.
True.
Q4.
The only way to give birth is through the vagina.
Correct answer: False.
True.
Q5.
The term 'postnatal' refers to the time period...
Correct answer: After childbirth.
Before childbirth.

5 Questions

Q1.
The ...... has to fully open during labour for the baby to be pushed out of the uterus.
Correct answer: Cervix
Fallopian tube
Ovary
Q2.
What does the placenta provide to the unborn baby?
Blood
Correct answer: Nutrients
Pain relief
Q3.
How many pregnant women have a caesarian section in the UK?
Around 1 in 10
Around 1 in 2
Correct answer: Around 1 in 4
Around 1 in 5
Q4.
What type of pain relief is an epidural?
Alternative
Correct answer: Local anesthetic
Pain killing tablet
Self-help
Q5.
1 in 10 women will suffer from postnatal ........ after the pregnancy.
Bleeding
Correct answer: Depression
Low mood
Tiredness

Lesson appears in

UnitRSHE (PSHE) / Intimate sexual relationships: Pregnancy and parenting

RSHE (PSHE)