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_____________is a rare obstetric emergency that may occur at the onset of labor to within 30 minutes of placental expulsion. The incidence is 5.1% in 100,000 births in the U.S.

In regard to postpartum complications and distressing symptoms:

Which group of viruses does Ebola belong to and what shape do they have?

In the process of the management of the 41 week pregnant woman, the midwife offers: 

While driving in to deliver a baby, you are thinking about PPH. You recall that:

M.J. is 8 weeks PP and calls to state she decided the vaginal ring would be best contraception for her because her sister uses it, and she likes the method. You review her chart. She has NKDA. She does not smoke. She gets migraine headaches with aura, usually when she is very stressed, sometimes on her menstrual cycle, or if she eats cheese. She saw her neurologist last  week, and he told her birth control was a good idea. She is bottle feeding. She has sex once, with a condom. She bled for 5 days last week, and it she thinks it was her menses. You decide:

The uterus can be palpated at _______ in the first hours after birth

Three key aspects in the mutual relationship between parents and newborns (according to Varney’s Midwifery) include all of the following except:

Regarding the third stage of labor:

The ________ layer of the uterine decidua remains intact and forms the new endometrium