Fetalattidude – relationship of fetal parts to one another: norm:
mod flexion of head, flexion of arms unto chest, & flexion of legs to
abdomen
Fetal lie –
relationship of cephalocaudal axis (spinal column) of fetus to c. a. of
mother
longitudinal: paralleltransverse: fetal c.a. is 90° to
woman’s spine
Fetal Presentation
– determined by fetal lie and by the body part that enters the pelvic passage
first. The portion of the fetus is referred to as the presenting part.Fetal presentation may be cephalic, breech,
or shoulder.