Sentences with phrase «around labor and delivery»

My husband and I walked around labor and delivery until 7 AM when they checked my cervix again and found that I was forced 4 cmdilated and admitted me to the natural birthing room.

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I'm a mother of 2 an I've tried natural birthing with a DOULA - although I ended both times cesarean - one girl turned and got stuck and the other never went unto labor - my pregnancies were 23 mos apart and I was scared the second time around, even though I had chosen once again to try natural, my body had given me signs and the second girl had the cord wrapped 3 times around her neck, which could have caused some trouble during delivery or maybe not.

As for his patients who would choose a hospital delivery, they were well - known for making things «difficult» for hospital staff: refusing to be «shaved», have enemas, (both still standard procedures in 1981) and wanting to do unthinkable things like get up and walk around during labor instead of lying (preferably) on their backs or sides strapped to a fetal monitor - all with the encouragement and blessing of their doctor.

I knew I'd be able to learn from their experiences, better prepare myself for labor and delivery thanks to their knowledge, and feel all - around more empowered knowing other women I loved and trusted had already been through everything I was anxious and nervous about.

If she'd gone to a CNM or OB and had induction in the hospital somewhere around 41 weeks, she'd probably have had a less comfortable labor and delivery, not felt that her care provider was her BFF — and had a baby without brain damage.

It was around 12 am by the time I had checked in, dressed in the the comfy clothes I had brought with me, and gotten settled in the labor and delivery room.

In 2004, almost two - thirds of laboring women reported that they were administered an epidural, including 59 percent of women who had a vaginal birth.2 In Canada, around half of women who birthed vaginally used an epidural, 3 and in the UK, 21 percent of women had an epidural before delivery.4

Most new moms feel exhausted after labor and delivery, complicated with around - the - clock baby care.

We arrived at the hospital right around 7:15 pm and she was wheeled up to labor and delivery and told she was over eight centimeters.

Natural birth has been around longer than doctor - managed birth and much of the techniques that were once used in natural labor and delivery are still used today.

The first couple of hours after my water broke were manageable — the contractions were mild as my husband and I walked around the corridors of the labor and delivery ward, showing off my new leopard - print slippers to the night - shift nurses and practicing how we were going to tell all our friends the story of my water breaking right after the creme brulee had been cleared.

Most hospitals have in - house doctors in the labor and delivery unit around the clock.

There wasn't anything that really sped labor up for me, but with my first, I ate dates and that seemed to help with recovery after, my bleeding stopped 6 days after delivery, while with my second and no dates this time, my bleeding had tapered off around 3.5 weeks!

After having relatively easy pregnancies, labors and deliveries with my girls I felt like I became hyper aware of those around me who weren't so lucky.

Gawande's gripping stories of diligence, ingenuity, and what it means to do right by people take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, to labor and delivery rooms in Boston, to a polio outbreak in India, and to malpractice courtrooms around the country.

My whole wall including materials, labor, painting, and delivery was around $ 400.)