Sentences with phrase «for women in labour»

In the UK, continuous monitoring is used only for women in high risk labour, but should it be used for all women in labour?

For women in labour, the assault is often sexual due to the nature of the procedures being forced on them.

In Scotland, where wide variations in surgical deliveries have been found between units, four evidence based recommendations have been prioritised: clinicians and women should regard trial of labour as the norm after a previous caesarean; offering external cephalic version to women at term if their baby is breech; monitoring and regularly reviewing caesarean data with support for staff; and one to one midwifery care for all women in labour.20 The National Childbirth Trust — a UK parents organisation — is concerned about medicalisation and erosion of midwifery skills and confidence.

Not exact matches

He'd like to increase military spending, sign free trade deals with other Asian countries, make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers, change immigration laws, get more women in the labour force and much more.

In Bangladesh, workers, mostly women, work long hours for minimum wages that labour advocacy groups say keep those workers trapped in poverty and with few or no rights to organize to improve conditionIn Bangladesh, workers, mostly women, work long hours for minimum wages that labour advocacy groups say keep those workers trapped in poverty and with few or no rights to organize to improve conditionin poverty and with few or no rights to organize to improve conditions.

Speakers making the case for why it's time to listen to the experts and Canadians — and get down to business and develop a made - in - Canada proportional representation system include Hassan Yussuff, President of the Canadian Labour Congress, Katelynn Northam, electoral reform campaign lead at Leadnow, Farhat Rehman of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women and Annie Bérubé, director of government relations at Équiterre.

Labouring the point she quips: «For example, you could target executive women under the age of 30 with no children, in middle management but who are seeking a promotion.»

In the Council's pre-budget submission to this committee we urged the government to boost Canadian productivity by increasing female labour force participation, supporting women in STEM, enabling seniors to work for longer and helping Canadians navigate the changing job markeIn the Council's pre-budget submission to this committee we urged the government to boost Canadian productivity by increasing female labour force participation, supporting women in STEM, enabling seniors to work for longer and helping Canadians navigate the changing job markein STEM, enabling seniors to work for longer and helping Canadians navigate the changing job market.

Marco was arrested for being «too Catholic», and Natalia volunteered to go with a group of women rounded up for forced labour; both died in concentration camps.

I know that for some segments of the Church the thought of good - Christian - women - in - bikinis jumps your fence because of a lifetime spent labouring under strict modesty rules.

Only 28 % of the women in the date eating group needed prostin / oxytocin (for inducing / augmenting labour), which was significantly lower than the 47 % who needed induction in the control group (p = 0.036).

Clinical midwife manager for Wiltshire Community Health Services Amanda Gell said: «The pilot scheme responds to the needs of women who give birth either at night or the early hours of the morning and want the support of their partners in the crucial period after labour.

My understanding of one of the evidence based benefits of a doula came from studies which looked at «a woman known to the labouring woman» but not involved in her medical care being present for the labour reduced Caesarean section.

One other possible disadvantage is the degree of pain relief; for some, the idea of giving birth in the water means a tranquil, relaxing environment and a lack of pain, however the reality is that labour is a painful experience and although water may soothe pain, contractions will still be very painful and some women may be disappointed with the degree of pain relief offered by water.

Dr. Shah's article stems from the United Kingdom's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) new set of guidelines, published in December 2014, which offer evidence - based advice for the care of pregnant women and babies during labour and immediately after birth.

Position in second stage of labour for women without epidural anaesthesia.

So, after a 20 hour labour with pethidine and the stitch - up from hell (1 1/4 hours of stitching with a local anaesthetic that didn't work, and no epidural available because it was «out of hours» - women in that situation are not seen as a high priority for pain relief!)

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a bacterium that can live in our bodies quite harmlessly but it can pose a problem for pregnant women because of the risk of passing it to your baby around labour and delivery which can cause serious infection.

«In the subgroup of women with spontaneous onset of labour and vaginal deliveries, after controlling for other obstetric and demographic factors, epidural analgesia but not narcotic analgesia was significantly associated with reduced breastfeeding duration (adjusted hazard ratio 1.44, 95 % confidence interval 1.04 - 1.99).»

Many hospitals are bending over backwards these days to try and meet women's needs (c.d players in the labour suites, birthing balls / bars / pools / showers, electric oil burners, electric «candles», double beds for couples to share, etc.).

'' Normal births» * for healthy women with low risk pregnancies by their planned place of birth at start of care in labour.

Future research should assess the effects of provider training on informed choice for women, and whether women who are informed about the benefits of mobility and encouraged to be mobile remain in bed or choose to move around when in the labour ward.»

«talking women out of it» or delaying it... or even resource issues that mean ane's aren't available... it certainly seems like pain relief in labour isn't a priority or even seen as a necessity even for those that REQUEST it.

For the restricted sample of women without any complicating conditions at the start of care in labour, the odds of a primary outcome event were higher for births planned at home compared with planned obstetric unit births (adjusted odds ratio 1.59, 95 % confidence interval 1.01 to 2.52) but there was no evidence of a difference for either freestanding or alongside midwifery units compared with obstetric uniFor the restricted sample of women without any complicating conditions at the start of care in labour, the odds of a primary outcome event were higher for births planned at home compared with planned obstetric unit births (adjusted odds ratio 1.59, 95 % confidence interval 1.01 to 2.52) but there was no evidence of a difference for either freestanding or alongside midwifery units compared with obstetric unifor births planned at home compared with planned obstetric unit births (adjusted odds ratio 1.59, 95 % confidence interval 1.01 to 2.52) but there was no evidence of a difference for either freestanding or alongside midwifery units compared with obstetric unifor either freestanding or alongside midwifery units compared with obstetric units.

Categorised by parity for all women and restricted to those without complicating conditions at start of care in labour

Objective To compare perinatal outcomes, maternal outcomes, and interventions in labour by planned place of birth at the start of care in labour for women with low risk pregnancies.

Results for all women and restricted to those without complicating conditions at start of care in labour

All women attended by an NHS midwife during labour in their planned place of birth, for any amount of time, were eligible for inclusion with the exception of women who had an elective caesarean section or caesarean section before the onset of labour, presented in preterm labour (< 37 weeks» gestation), had a multiple pregnancy, or who were «unbooked» (that is, received no antenatal care).

How much does an insurance company have to shell out after some years have gone by for treating fecal and / or urinary incontinence or prolapses in these women with their marathon labours and untreated perineal tears?

The proportion of women with a «normal birth» (birth without induction of labour, epidural or spinal analgesia, general anaesthesia, forceps or ventouse delivery, caesarean section, or episiotomy9 10) varied from 58 % for planned obstetric unit births to 76 % in alongside midwifery units, 83 % in freestanding midwifery units, and 88 % for planned home births; the adjusted odds of having a «normal birth» were significantly higher in all three non-obstetric unit settings (table 5 ⇓).

The strengths of the study include the ability to compare outcomes by the woman's planned place of birth at the start of care in labour, the high participation of midwifery units and trusts in England, the large sample size and statistical power to detect clinically important differences in adverse perinatal outcomes, the minimisation of selection bias through achievement of a high response rate and absence of self selection bias due to non-consent, the ability to compare groups that were similar in terms of identified clinical risk (according to current clinical guidelines) and to further increase the comparability of the groups by conducting an additional analysis restricted to women with no complicating conditions identified at the start of care in labour, and the ability to control for several important potential confounders.

The overall test for interaction (heterogeneity) was of borderline statistical significance for all women (P = 0.06), and was significant for women with no complicating conditions at the start of care in labour (P = 0.03).

AIMS Ireland is a non-profit, voluntary organisation which supports evidence - based choices for women in pregnancy, labour and birth and in the postnatal period.

Comments about the hostile response to any request for home birth confirm the anecdotal reports of consumer groups such as the Association for the Improvement in Maternity Services and the National Childbirth Trust and evidence to the Expert Maternity Group.1 In addition, many women who had booked a home birth were later transferred to hospital for delivery, both before and after the onset of labouin Maternity Services and the National Childbirth Trust and evidence to the Expert Maternity Group.1 In addition, many women who had booked a home birth were later transferred to hospital for delivery, both before and after the onset of labouIn addition, many women who had booked a home birth were later transferred to hospital for delivery, both before and after the onset of labour.

This view of one mother was also evident in the comments made by women who spent part of their labour at home but transferred for delivery.

The neonatal outcomes for women giving birth centre or a labour ward were comparable although the levels of intervention were higher in the labour ward groups despite similarities in demographic and obstetric predictors.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK recommends that induction of labour has a large impact on the health of women and their babies, and so needs to be clearly clinically justified.

The aim of our study was to determine firstly, whether a retrospective linked data study was a viable alternative to such a design using routinely collected data in one Australian state and secondly, to report on the outcomes and interventions for women (and their babies) who planned to give birth in a hospital labour ward, birth centre or at home.

The labour and birth unfold slowly and it's such an honour to support not just the woman in the birth of her first baby but also in actually becoming a mother for the first time... I like to see first time couples from very early on in pregnancy and I work closely with them all through their pregnancy helping to dismiss all the nonsense that most people think labour and birth is about and support them in preparing for what will actually happen.

The HSE Clinical Practice Guidelines on Prevention and Management of Primary Postpartum Haemorrhage state that for «women without specific risk factors for PPH delivering vaginally, oxytocin (10 iu by intramuscular injection) is the agent of choice for prophylaxis in the third stage of labour.

These two units have Midwifery Led Units in which low risk women are cared for by midwives and in which there are options of labouring and birthing in water.

I'm sure many, if not most of the girls and women dying in labour as I type are praying desperately to their God, any God, for deliverance.

Many women fear dying in labour, but for the most part both mother and baby come through the procedure fine.

The «redeeming» home birth Yet Hatherall finds there is «another group of women who have previously had an experience in the hospital (usually related to birth) which has been traumatic for them, and they want to be in control of their experience» for their subsequent labour and delivery.

Laboring and delivering in water is associated with a reduction in length of labour and perineal trauma for baby, and a reduction in analgesia requirements for all women.

If a woman declines vaginal exams in labour, this is likely to make things a lot easier and more enjoyable for her, but have the opposite effect for her carers.

Information had been collected retrospectively on a random sample of 100 women delivered outside hospital in 1983 and on all women delivered outside hospital in the region in 1988.7 Contemporaneous data were also collected on every delivery outside hospital during 1993.8 In these three studies only 53 %, 55 % (132/240), and 44 % (142/324) of women delivered outside hospital were actually booked for a home birth when labour begain 1983 and on all women delivered outside hospital in the region in 1988.7 Contemporaneous data were also collected on every delivery outside hospital during 1993.8 In these three studies only 53 %, 55 % (132/240), and 44 % (142/324) of women delivered outside hospital were actually booked for a home birth when labour begain the region in 1988.7 Contemporaneous data were also collected on every delivery outside hospital during 1993.8 In these three studies only 53 %, 55 % (132/240), and 44 % (142/324) of women delivered outside hospital were actually booked for a home birth when labour begain 1988.7 Contemporaneous data were also collected on every delivery outside hospital during 1993.8 In these three studies only 53 %, 55 % (132/240), and 44 % (142/324) of women delivered outside hospital were actually booked for a home birth when labour begaIn these three studies only 53 %, 55 % (132/240), and 44 % (142/324) of women delivered outside hospital were actually booked for a home birth when labour began.

In the final weeks of pregnancy it is not uncommon for the pregnant body to have some warm - ups, which can sometimes mean women can think labour is beginning and then find it all suddenly stops!

Estimates of the numbers of women booked for home birth but delivering in hospital were even more difficult to obtain because hospital records do not always specify this information accurately and no national estimate exists.1 4 Data collected in this region in 1983 suggested that 35 % of these women changed to hospital based care either before or during labour, and a more detailed prospective study of all planned home births in 1993 found a total transfer rate of 43 %.8 Women were classified as having booked for a home birth when a community midwife had accepted a woman for home delivery and had this arrangement accepted by her manager and supervisor of midwives at any stage in pregnancy, irrespective of any later change of women booked for home birth but delivering in hospital were even more difficult to obtain because hospital records do not always specify this information accurately and no national estimate exists.1 4 Data collected in this region in 1983 suggested that 35 % of these women changed to hospital based care either before or during labour, and a more detailed prospective study of all planned home births in 1993 found a total transfer rate of 43 %.8 Women were classified as having booked for a home birth when a community midwife had accepted a woman for home delivery and had this arrangement accepted by her manager and supervisor of midwives at any stage in pregnancy, irrespective of any later change of women changed to hospital based care either before or during labour, and a more detailed prospective study of all planned home births in 1993 found a total transfer rate of 43 %.8 Women were classified as having booked for a home birth when a community midwife had accepted a woman for home delivery and had this arrangement accepted by her manager and supervisor of midwives at any stage in pregnancy, irrespective of any later change of Women were classified as having booked for a home birth when a community midwife had accepted a woman for home delivery and had this arrangement accepted by her manager and supervisor of midwives at any stage in pregnancy, irrespective of any later change of plan.

During that time the death rate in labour or the neonatal period in non-malformed babies of normal birth weight born to women booked for a home delivery (those deaths most capable of reduction by high quality care during labour) was as low as the regional figure for all other such losses (0.05 % v 0.11 %).