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Complete the sentences with the words below.

anesthesia epidural gestational complications dilation
c-section prenatal contraction umbilical
1. She was given an __________ as a pain relief ten minutes ago and now she can feel the effect.
2. Celia’s water broke last night and now she also started getting strong ____________ this morning.
3. She is in labor and the _____________ has reach 7 centimeters now.
4. ______________ during pregnancy are rare but sometimes they happen.

5. The young lady is suggested to have ____________because it is risky for her to do normal delivery.
6. Intensified ___________ care helps to reduce the number of fetal deaths and underweight.
7. During her seventh month of pregnancy, Rachel was diagnosed with ____________ diabetes.
8. The result of the ultrasound finds that the ____________ cord is twisted around the baby.
9. The woman is quickly put under _____________ before the doctor performs cesarean.

You may used these
expressions for debating

I’m afraid I can’t agree.
I’m inclined to disagree with that.
Make a group of 3 or 4. Read these  That’s not necessarily true.
following scenarios. Build your argument  I suppose you could be right,
and then join with the other group to however. . . . . . . .
debate the cases.  Yes, I agree up to a point,
however. . . . . . . . .

Case 1

Putri is a 18-year-old woman from a semi-remote area. She is 36 weeks pregnant and attending a
prenatal visit with her community midwife. This is her first pregnancy and she has attended all

previous visits with her mother and/or Aldo, the father of her baby. Putri is very quiet and makes

limited eye contact during these visits. Putri’s pregnancy has been fairly uneventful. Her weight
gain has been 23 pounds. Laboratory values and blood pressure have been within normal limits.
A 20-week ultrasound found no abnormalities of fetal anatomy. At her last visit, the midwife told
her they would be discussing place of birth today. Putri’s options are to deliver in one of two

regional public hospitals in a large city 9 hours away, or at a public health centre in a smaller city

closer to home. Tracy arrives for her visit with her mother and her midwife notices that they seem
to be more serious than usual today. She reports intermittent contractions that have become
increasingly more painful and a thick brown discharge.
Adapted from https://www.jogc.com/article/S1701-2163(15)30710-6/pdf

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