The title is two-fold, nodding to politics as well
as women in labour.
Not exact matches
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 wear
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 wear
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 wear
women - 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.
«
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.
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.
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 confidenc
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 confidenc
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 confidenc
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 guide
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 guide
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 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 labou
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 labou
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.
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.
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.
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 r
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 r
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 raped.
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 labou
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 labou
In brief, the cohort study was designed to compare outcomes
in women judged to be at low risk of complications before the onset of labou
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.
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.
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.
Women's experiences of care reported
in the original studies include maternal satisfaction with information, advice, explanation, venue of delivery and preparation for
labour and birth,
as well
as perceptions of choice for pain relief and evaluations of carers behaviour.
Women who feel more
in control
in the reading I have done relate it to things like ambulatory ability, acceptability of vocalising their pain, social control (i.e. who is present at the birth), environmental control and comfort — leading them to feel more mentally able to cope with
labour and being more
in control of themselves which is often highlighted
as a definer of a good birth experience.
Some cultures (I'm most familiar with Ethiopian and Sudanese
women in this context) expect
women to be
as quiet
as possible during
labour, and making a lot of noise is seen
as being childish and uncalled for.
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 -LSB
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 -LSB
women turn to them after they have had little sleep,
women listen to their friends as they tell them, «you -LSB
women listen to their friends
as they tell them, «you -LSB-...]
I have worked with thousands of
women over the last 15 years
as a birth mentor antental teacher advocate and doula and
women who are able to work with their breathing and use it to support them
in pregnancy and
labour do better than those who can not.
Women do not have to suffer the pain of
labour as medical intervention makes this unnecessary,
in the same way we no longer expect to experience pain
in other areas of our lives [4].
I don't know why I respond to the irrational, but I delivery about 200 babies a year, with a primary Cesarean section rate of 12 % (including
women who choose an elective cesarean delivery, which is their right
as AUTONOMOUS HUMAN BEINGS), and deliver about 1 baby per week, about 40 - 50 per year, to
women who have NO interventions
in labour.
The book concludes by introducing a new birth chair designed around
women's need for physical support
in the hospital delivery room, during
labour as well
as for the birth, a design that will encourage
women to adopt a more positive upright attitude to bringing their babies into the world.
Unless and until
Labour achieves some sort of coherence, it is a peculiarity of this parliament that opposition to a government with a truly precarious majority, arises
in the oddest places: powerful individual performers, such
as Keir Starmer and Angela Eagle, or dynamic parliamentary committees, such
as the
Women's Committee, chaired by Maria Miller.
Apparently
labour introduced an increase of pension age to 65
in 1995 but failed to inform the
women of the 50's who would be most directly affected, the government failed its legal duty to inform all
women personally of this change, they tried to get away with this by stating they didn't have any current details, except they forget that they have all details from PAYE, us
women still received all our NI demands and self - assessments
as well
as any tax or child benefit details, so they do have out details, they just failed to carry out this legal action.
The bad news for
Labour is that none of those
in the running to succeed her is anywhere near
as impressive
as Kezia Dugdale, a self - effacing, clever
woman who has had enough of the grief that comes with leading a party still fighting for its survival
in Scotland.
Now that, thanks to boundary changes and the apparent unpopularity of Cameron
in inner London, I have a
woman Labour MP, I am thinking of writing to her to draw attention to this (quote is from Times Online — might
as well use it whileit's still free):
At the carefully stage - managed
Labour women's training conference in mid-July, defence of the proposals by Baroness Hollis and new Labour MP and ex-NUS president Lorna Fitzsimons as not pleasant but «necessary» contrasted with a well attended and heated Labour Women's Action Committee (LWAC) meeting addressed by Audrey Wise MP, which effectively launched the campaign within the Labour Party to save lone parent bene
women's training conference
in mid-July, defence of the proposals by Baroness Hollis and new
Labour MP and ex-NUS president Lorna Fitzsimons
as not pleasant but «necessary» contrasted with a well attended and heated
Labour Women's Action Committee (LWAC) meeting addressed by Audrey Wise MP, which effectively launched the campaign within the Labour Party to save lone parent bene
Women's Action Committee (LWAC) meeting addressed by Audrey Wise MP, which effectively launched the campaign within the
Labour Party to save lone parent benefits.
In June 2007, Keeley was appointed
as PPS to Harriet Harman
as Secretary of State for
Women and Equality and appointed by Gordon Brown to chair the
Labour Party's manifesto group on Social Care.
These doctors have managed to persuade the old political parties that all -
women shortlists should be employed
in parliamentary selections and the
Labour party that they have to have a
woman either
as party leader or deputy.
In fact,
as the
Labour MP Gisela Stuart has pointed out, many of the rights for workers and
women which are credited to our EU membership were actually initiatives of
Labour governments.
My impression is that the vast majority of criticism has come from SNP / Yes campaign supporters eager to describe it
as a problem for
Labour, and to put prominent
Labour women in the uncomfortable position of having to denounce his speech.
The Tories» A-List system
in 2010 produced results — the number of Conservative
women MPs nearly tripled — but the Parliamentary Conservative Party does not contain the same percentage of
women (31 per cent)
as the Parliamentary
Labour Party.