Check Your Understanding Questions

1.

What are the six healthy birth practices taught in the Lamaze program?

2.

Why does shared decision making matter?

3.

Contrast the Bradley Method’s recommendations for birthing people in the first stage versus the second stage of labor.

4.

What positive expectations will birthing persons have from learning the Mongan Method?

5.

How might the nurse use the Alexander Technique to assist a patient with significant pelvic floor tension during labor?

6.

What are the components of a birth plan?