http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/03/12/the-medicalization-of-my-natural-birth/ In the 10 minutes
we were in the labor room with the attendants, it was entirely me, my DH, and my unborn child who made the birth a beautiful experience.
I've known many a family who experience problems about who gets to
be in the labor room or birthing area.
Not exact matches
When Olayan first sought to integrate OFC
in 2001, there
was no playbook for a company like hers to hire women — and plenty of obstacles to doing so, since
labor law and social customs left a lot of
room for interpretation and confusion.
Sherazee, a Canadian of Pakistani origin, worked with his staff to set up the accommodations that have
been installed across other OFC companies — the female prayer
room, and the partitions
in offices and on factory floors to give women privacy
in line with
labor regulations.
She also said there appears to
be more
room to grow
in a
labor market where headline unemployment
is at 4.9 percent, but wages
are growing slowly.
These bad - news boiler
rooms use the world's cheapest
labor to reach a terribly skewed (and largely screwed) population of old, rural and homebound people who
are also the only ones with the time and any interest
in talking to them.
Hospitals that accept federal money
are only required to examine someone who shows up at an emergency
room to determine if they suffer from an»em ergency medical condition» or
are in active
labor.
Notably, Katie Lahey of the BCA has an item
in The Australian (Economy could become roadkill
in new rush to regulation) and there
are several items
in today Australian Financial Review (Swan pressured on bank reforms», pp 1 and 4; Laura Tingle, «Little
room on the left for
Labor», p 5).
And here
's another side note: I
was also given a flower of Maryam to use during birth — a dry, brittle and grayish plant, which slowly begins to bloom and soften as the
laboring mother dilates, after it
is placed
in water
in the birthing
room.
She
was at the hospital through my entire
labor and often
in the
room.
There will
be 3 grand prize winners and the the
room makeover prize includes paint, supplies,
labor, color consulting services, a $ 500 Sears gift card, and a $ 1,000 local community donation (The winners can choose the nonprofit organization or charity and Sears makes the donation
in the winners «names).
And
is it true that you really have to
labor in the operating
room?
Local hospitals
are beginning to catch on to the idea of providing alternatives to the traditional
labor and delivery
room, but there
are no independent birthing centers left
in the Bay Area.
Two of my best friends
were in the
labor and delivery
room with me the moment my son
was born.
There
were no unfamiliar smells, even my dog and my cat
were in and out of the
room where I
was laboring.
It
's not unusual to have 6 - 8
laboring women at one time (not including several outpatients
in triage
rooms that also need monitoring).
Some hospitals also have a policy that you can have a different number of people
in the
room during
labor versus when the baby
is actually
being born.
Gone
are the days when men sat
in the waiting
room smoking a cigar while their wife
was in labor.
To this day, I'll never forget
being in the
labor & delivery
room with the OB - GYN resident (who
was exactly like every girl's gay best friend) telling him that I
was doing a VBAC and his immediate reaction
being: «Oh, I just love that» with a little flick of his wrist.
My birth
was nothing like I had hoped,
labored in bed on my back because they couldn't monitor the babies if I moved, had to have pitocin and later an epidural (I could stand the pitocin, it
was the fact that no one does a breach delivery any more that, just
in case Twin B didn't turn after Twin A
was born), puking
in the operating
room because I couldn't even have a single drop of water on my tongue while
laboring strapped down (talk about understanding what hell
is like!)
You can fill
in things about how you want your
labor to go, what you want to do during
labor, who you want
in the
room with you when baby
is born, and if you want the chance to breastfeed right after baby
is born.
As Dekker pointed out, if hospital maternity wards
are full with women
being induced, will there
be enough
room left for women who arrive already
in labor?
Is it possible to communicate with others who
are present
in the
room during the hardest part of
labor?
Cord Clamping 50 years ago dads weren't with
laboring women
in the delivery
room.
But she, the hospital, it seemed like they wanted me to feel
in labor, they put me
in this
room and the first thing that I walk
in the
room and there
's like 40 bottles of formula around.
This
is a separate area
in most hospitals with beds separated by curtains or
in very small
rooms near the
labor and delivery floor.
Do you have any rules or restrictions about who or how many people can
be in the birthing
room during
labor?
I'd have all the attention I needed, the
labor and delivery would take place
in the same large and comfortable
room, and I felt confident that the staff would honor my wishes for my birth plans, which
were to have my baby as drug - free as possible and, hopefully, vaginally.
They only had one tub, so it
was a first - come - first - serve basis, but I
was lucky enough to
labor and deliver inside the high - tech, super-sterile birthing tub
in its own separate
room.
She
was alone
in the delivery
room, no nurses or doctors with her while she
labored and gave birth to an 8 & 1 / 2 lb baby at 7 cm because no one
was there to tell her it
was too soon to push.
Nurses at the hospital work
in 12 hour shifts, so depending on how long you
are in labor, you may need a new copy for each nurse if it
is not left
in the
room.
How many people
am I able to have as part of my birth team
in the
room while I
'm in labor and during delivery?
As a resident, I
was first assist on CSections and I can tell you that
in an emergency, we could have a
laboring woman from her LDRP
room to the OR, on the table ready to go
in 5 minutes.
When I arrive and I
am in labor, do I get admitted to a
labor and delivery
room immediately or do I go to a triage area first to
be assessed?
They think about themes for their little one's
room and envision how it will
be laid out... But then, for some reason or another, plans get put on hold and even if they start getting the
room ready, a lot of moms - to -
be find that those 9 months went by way faster than they thought they would, and before they know it, they
are in labor and regret not having the nursery all set up.
These
are rooms that
are designed with the
laboring woman's comfort
in mind.
Often, I
am the only person
in the
room while a mother
labors and delivers her baby.
Friends and family can
be present and there
are midwives and nurse - practitioners to assist
in the births as opposed to obstetricians and sterile
labor rooms.
'' [T] he play
was more than a piece of art; it
was an opportunity to engage communities
in a movement to make maternity care mother - friendly, to end wrongful acts against mothers
in the
labor and delivery
rooms and encourage mothers to take back their power and know their birth options.»
The Changing Role of Men
in Labor The days of handing out cigars
in the waiting
room are over for dads.
From Essential Imagery: This mama
was in labor for more than 72 hours before having a C - section, and I
was given unprecedented access to the operating
room during the procedure.
Four expectant fathers
were in a Minneapolis hospital waiting
room, while their wives
were in labor.
«Not to
be embarrassed about anything that happens
in the
labor room.
I don't remember many of the nurses who filed
in and out of the delivery
room when I
was in labor with my son.
I agree with all the other suggestions about encouraging breastfeeding,
rooming -
in, etc. (except signing the waiver — that
is condescending and paternalistic, making women who
are in labor or post-partum declare they plan to
be second - class mothers because they want to allow formula.)
In fact, I had two non-mom friends in the labor and delivery room with me the day my son was born, and they watched me and encouraged me as I brought my kid into the worl
In fact, I had two non-mom friends
in the labor and delivery room with me the day my son was born, and they watched me and encouraged me as I brought my kid into the worl
in the
labor and delivery
room with me the day my son
was born, and they watched me and encouraged me as I brought my kid into the world.
I mentioned that I had
been promised a birthing tub to
labor in and some receptionist chimed
in with» You cant have a water birth
room with twins».
By the time I
was admitted into my
labor and delivery
room, I
was screaming out
in pain and trying to make it through contractions that never really ended.
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.
If there
's one thing you need
in the delivery
room, it
is patience because
labor can take a long time.