Frequent position changes, keeping the bladder empty, swaying the hips, walking and leaning forward are all common
among laboring mothers and can help the baby get into a good position.
Not exact matches
The U.S. and Papua New Guinea are the only countries
among 185 nations and territories that hadn't imposed government - mandated laws requiring employers to pay
mothers while on leave with their babies, according to a study released last year by the United Nations» International
Labor Organization.
The economic downturn in recent years, which led to higher unemployment levels
among fathers; the re-entry of
mothers into the
labor force; a growing number of parents working different schedules; and the escalating costs of child care are all cited as factors that have made fathers» increased child - rearing role more feasible and more necessary.
Labor and delivery and the hospital stay are probably the biggest causes of worry
among some expectant
mothers who are making adoption plans.
The following days after
labor the researchers evaluated the
mothers» emotional state in order to assess who
among them had developed postpartum depression.
Twenty - five percent of the time fathers engaged in job - specific mental
labor, they did so in non-work contexts, compared to 34 percent
among mothers.
In a study presented today at the Society for Maternal - Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, researchers unveiled findings that suggest that induction of
labor at 39 weeks of gestation
among healthy, first - time
mothers reduces the rate of cesarean birth as compared to expectant management
among the same population.
The distribution of domestic
labor among mothers, fathers, and school - age children in 153 families was examined with attention to three conditions that might facilitate or constrain the distribution of tasks: familial earner status, child gender, and «social time» (defined here as the distinction between weekdays and weekends).
Contributions of the study include an intergenerational approach using multilevel analyses, which explicitly examine the association between intensive grandparental childcare and cross-national differences in the demographic and socio - economic characteristics of children, parents, and grandparents and in
labor market structures, formal childcare provision, and cultural expectations regarding paid work
among mothers with young children.