Sentences with phrase «as labour women»

Now, she points to «a dramatic change in the nature of Conservative women MPs... These MPs are more modern, and people that we, as Labour women, can work cross-party with.»

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Organized as a follow - up to January's Women's March on Washington, the one - day walk - out — called the International Women's Strike, or A Day Without A Woman in the U.S. — will see participants opting out of paid or unpaid labour, curtail spending (unless it's at women - or minority - owned businesses) and wearWomen's March on Washington, the one - day walk - out — called the International Women's Strike, or A Day Without A Woman in the U.S. — will see participants opting out of paid or unpaid labour, curtail spending (unless it's at women - or minority - owned businesses) and wearWomen's Strike, or A Day Without A Woman in the U.S. — will see participants opting out of paid or unpaid labour, curtail spending (unless it's at women - or minority - owned businesses) and wearwomen - or minority - owned businesses) and wear red.

The percentage of women between the ages of 25 and 54 with full - time jobs rose from 58 % in 2000 to 63 % in 2007, as women entered the labour force as never before, causing family incomes to rise.

The data show that the mat - leave issue is bound to escalate, as the future labour force will be increasingly made up of women.

Roberts cites an observation by labour historian Jan Kainer: «Women's labour organizing contributed significantly to the building and sustaining of rank - and - file participation, developing new democratic structures such as women's caucuses, organizing the unorganized, and forging political alliances with non-labour groups.&rWomen's labour organizing contributed significantly to the building and sustaining of rank - and - file participation, developing new democratic structures such as women's caucuses, organizing the unorganized, and forging political alliances with non-labour groups.&rwomen's caucuses, organizing the unorganized, and forging political alliances with non-labour groups.»

«Women with children are often excluded from full participation in the labour market due to challenges in balancing work and family life, or they work part - time, which often means lower wages and fewer benefits, including lack of a pension, paid vacation and sick leave, as well as less job stability,» the document states.

Women are now serving as Minister of Justice, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Minister of Trade, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development, and Labour, and even Chief of Staff.

The Labour party appointed Seema Malhotra as the first - ever shadow minister to tackle violence against women and girls, and the Archbishop of Canterbury vocalised his backing for Christian charity Restored, which is equipping the Church to tackle gender - based violence.

Whilst we do not have rigorous evaluation evidence of the effectiveness of Ecole des Maris, testimony from the men involved, and from pregnant women and new mothers, indicates that the scheme has transformed attitudes towards healthcare, as well as substantially increasing the rates of attended labour in a country where maternal and child death rates at birth remain high.

If a woman feels comfortable in a hospital setting, she will not feel threatened or fear, her labour should hopefully be fine as much as possible and she will hopefully have as great a birth as possible.

Unlike what you see on television, a woman's water breaking as the sign that labour is starting only happens in approximately 5 % of cases.

There are only so many tubs, so many rooms, the rooms are only a certain size and so on — and these factors do impact on the way a labouring and birthing woman is «managed», as well as impacting on her freedom to labour the way that comes naturally to her.

Hospitals are limited by their organisation and nature as to how they can cater to a labouring woman.

Many women who have home births get transferred to a hospital anyway, usually because the labour is taking too long or because they need pain medication such as an epidural.

Some women choose to have absolutely no medical involvement in their labour, meaning they have no pain relief, no medication and no foetal monitoring; this is a personal choice and will be supported by the medical team, as long as nothing happens which could threaten the life of the mother or baby; if an emergency situation arises, the doctor may recommend taking medication or having a caesarean section.

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!)

Women bring these books into hospital with them when they are in labour, women turn to them after they have had little sleep, women listen to their friends as they tell them, «you NEED this Women bring these books into hospital with them when they are in labour, women turn to them after they have had little sleep, women listen to their friends as they tell them, «you NEED this women turn to them after they have had little sleep, women listen to their friends as they tell them, «you NEED this women listen to their friends as they tell them, «you NEED this book!

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.

What is not yet clear is the relative contribution to birth outcomes of health professionals» attitudes, continuity of carer, midwife managed or community based care, and implementation of specific practices (such as continuous emotional and physical support throughout labour, use of immersion in water to ease labour pain, encouraging women to remain upright and mobile, minimising use of epidural analgesia, and home visits to diagnose labour before admission to birth centre or hospital).

Establishing a definitive cause and effect relationship between birth practices and labour medications are difficult as most women are not going to want to take part in a research project that will randomly assign them to a medicated or unmedicated group!

«However, as the quantitative results show, 28.3 % of women who laboured in bed in the labour ward actually wanted to be mobile.

«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.

The study was a prospective cohort study with planned place of birth at the start of care in labour as the exposure (home, freestanding midwifery unit, alongside midwifery unit, or obstetric unit).12 Women were included in the group in which they planned to give birth at the start of care in labour regardless of whether they were transferred during labour or immediately after birth.

Women were classified as «healthy women with low risk pregnancies» if, before the onset of labour, they were not known to have any of the medical or obstetric risk factors listed in the NICE intrapartum care guideWomen were classified as «healthy women with low risk pregnancies» if, before the onset of labour, they were not known to have any of the medical or obstetric risk factors listed in the NICE intrapartum care guidewomen with low risk pregnancies» if, before the onset of labour, they were not known to have any of the medical or obstetric risk factors listed in the NICE intrapartum care guideline.

I see being a mom as many things — a responsibility, a relationship, a labour of love, but an elevated «status» isn't one of them, unless you have the kind of worldview where a woman's status is bound up in the number of children she produces.

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 labour.

Dr Motha, who's comitted to encouraging women to opt for natural births and self - hypnosis techniques during labour, hailed the project as a great success.

There was never a golden era when childbirth was celebrated by women and children skipping merrily in and out of the labour room; women have always, in all cultures, treated childbirth as something that is kept hidden from the men and children.

From conception, these hormones are responsible for «setting the stage» for all things pregnancy related, such as: optimum fetal development, preparing the pregnant woman's body for lactation, signalling the onset of labour and expelling the placenta or «after - birth».

Most women, as soon as they know the baby has died want to deliver as quickly and painlessly as possible afterwards.There is no reason to forego pain relief and an immediate induction of labour if there isn't a live baby.

Oxytocin helps women get through labour by stimulating uterine contractions, which is why it's sometimes administered (as Pitocin) during labor.

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.

The risk in the UK and other developed countries of women dying during labour is very small, as there is always expert medical attention available.

However, many women feel that labour pain is best described as a very painful menstrual pain.

The Labour Party has been a strong supporter of breastfeeding as it ensures a healthy start for infants, and promotes women's health.

Women who have been traumatised are finding their voice, as in this recent article, in which several women, including Toni Harman from One World Birth, speak about the terrible treatment they suffered during labour and birth, including being shouted at, having their wishes ignored or belittled, and feeling as if they were being rWomen who have been traumatised are finding their voice, as in this recent article, in which several women, including Toni Harman from One World Birth, speak about the terrible treatment they suffered during labour and birth, including being shouted at, having their wishes ignored or belittled, and feeling as if they were being rwomen, including Toni Harman from One World Birth, speak about the terrible treatment they suffered during labour and birth, including being shouted at, having their wishes ignored or belittled, and feeling as if they were being raped.

Women who received IV fluids during labour had higher levels of edema postpartum and rated their breasts as firmer as and more tender than women who did not receive IV flWomen who received IV fluids during labour had higher levels of edema postpartum and rated their breasts as firmer as and more tender than women who did not receive IV flwomen who did not receive IV fluids.

The study population included all «low risk» women who participated in the cohort study, as described elsewhere.12 In brief, the cohort study was designed to compare outcomes in women judged to be at low risk of complications before the onset of labour.

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 %).

My experience was so awful, I trained as a doula to try to provide women and partners with the emotional support that I needed and didn't get in labour.

But it added: «Women need to be counselled on the unexpected emergencies — such as cord prolapse, fetal heart rate abnormalities, undiagnosed breech, prolonged labour and postpartum haemorrhage — which can arise during labour and can only be managed in a maternity hospital.

Nearly a third of women who planned and started their labours at home ended up being transferred as complications arose — including for instance an abnormal fetal heart rate, or if the mother required more effective pain relief in the form of an epidural.

So a team of Dutch researchers decided to test whether low risk women at the onset of labour with planned home birth have a higher rate of rare but severe outcomes (known as severe acute maternal morbidity or SAMM) than those with planned hospital births.

Women who had given birth by elective caesarean section were excluded from the study as they had not experienced labour.

The New Zealand College of Midwives (Inc) supports warm water immersion for women during labour as a method of pain management.

The midwife is recognised as a responsible and accountable professional who works in partnership with women to give the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, to conduct births on the midwife's own responsibility and to provide care for the newborn and the infant.

Women in the hospital group were more likely to have interventions such as labour augmentation, assisted vaginal births or cesarean deliveries.

Despite the dependence on pain relief and a reluctance to rely on their own coping mechanisms most women appeared to construe labour as «normal» unless they gave birth by caesarean section.

I feel that women and their partners do much better with privacy and intimacy during the birth process and that, my role is to sometimes protect that privacy and intimacy first of all by educating them that that might be really important and to talk about you know the effect both positive and negative about um, support during that time can be or even just letting people know hey, we're in labour, the Facebook kind of thing but you know keep it quiet, keep it down, don't fritter the energy away by drawing other people to it or drawing the expectation that something's happening rather than just letting something evolve... I think guarding the space by keeping the space as calm and quiet and private as possible is key and giving people tools to do that during the prenatal time to deal with over eager family members or friends.