EXERCISES, LESSON 6
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following exercises by marking the lettered response that
best answers the exercise, by completing the incomplete statement, or by writing the
answer in the space(s) provided.
After you have completed all of these exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at
the end of the lesson and check your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly,
reread the material referenced with the solution.
1.
The _____________________ is known as the first six weeks after delivery of a
baby.
2.
Afterpains are intensified by _____________________________ ..
3.
List the three types of lochia flow in order of occurrence.
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4.
______________________________ helps to conserve body fluids.
5.
The hormones that stimulated breast development during pregnancy decreases
promptly after delivery. What determines, in part, the time it takes for these
hormones to return to the prepregnancy levels?
_____________________________________________________________
6.
What is so unique about lochia flow as compared to normal menstrual flow?
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7.
Why does a mother's hemocrit drop after delivery of a baby?
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