If you had this labour and delivery question on a test which answer would you pick?

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Mix and match answer question, one each. Where do these mechanisms take place?

1. Rupture of Membranes

2. Ferguson's Reflex

3. Crowning

a. First Stage

b. Second Stage

c. Third stage

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Specializes in NICU, RNC.

3rd stage of labor is delivery of the placenta. None of those answers apply, so it kind of seems like a trick question? I'd approach your instructor about this one and ask for clarification. Maybe something she said in a lecture would have provided the answer for you? Or maybe Fergusons reflex occurs both with delivery of baby and with delivery of placenta? It's been a while since my OB class.

I probably would have ignored the "one each" and put both 2 & 3 in second stage and hoped to get one right, lol.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

We are happy to help. What are your thoughts? What has your research revealed to you about the stages of labor?

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We are happy to help. What are your thoughts? What has your research revealed to you about the stages of labor?

****, I feel so bad asking people about this question. I asked my teacher last week, she said I can pick the same stage for each mechanism.

So Stages are 1. ROM

2. Ferguson's

2. Crowning

So I got it wrong. I still came out with 80, thankfully.

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