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CPM Certified Professional Midwife

Category - Labor, Birth, and Immediate Postpartum

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Malpresentation poses a risk to the fetus/newborn. Which one of the following is a maternal cause of malpresentation?
  1. Premature babies
  2. Contracted pelvis
  3. Congenital anomalies
  4. All of the above
Explanation
Answer: B - Contracted pelvis

Maternal causes of malpresentation include: 1) contracted pelvis; 2) spinal deformity in the pregnant woman; 3) multiparity; and 4) pelvic neoplasms. Lie, presentation, attitude, and position can all foster malpresentation. Fetal complications that can cause malpresentation include fetal abnormalities (such as hydrocephalus and neural tube defects). Yet another fetal cause of malpresentation is “large baby”.
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