Much of the gains over the past decades can be attributed to gains made
by women in the labour force: more women are working, and they are earning more.
Not exact matches
In the Council's pre-budget submission to this committee we urged the government to boost Canadian productivity by increasing female labour force participation, supporting women in STEM, enabling seniors to work for longer and helping Canadians navigate the changing job marke
In the Council's pre-budget submission to this committee we urged the government to boost Canadian productivity
by increasing female
labour force participation, supporting
women in STEM, enabling seniors to work for longer and helping Canadians navigate the changing job marke
in STEM, enabling seniors to work for longer and helping Canadians navigate the changing job market.
Today, a protest campaign
in front of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) was held
by hundreds of farmers and civil society supporters led
by the National
Women Farmers and Workers Association (NWFA) and Bangladesh Agricultural Farm
Labour Federation (BAFLF).
One other possible disadvantage is the degree of pain relief; for some, the idea of giving birth
in the water means a tranquil, relaxing environment and a lack of pain, however the reality is that
labour is a painful experience and although water may soothe pain, contractions will still be very painful and some
women may be disappointed with the degree of pain relief offered
by water.
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.
'' Normal births» * for healthy
women with low risk pregnancies
by their planned place of birth at start of care
in labour.
Categorised
by parity for all
women and restricted to those without complicating conditions at start of care
in labour
Objective To compare perinatal outcomes, maternal outcomes, and interventions
in labour by planned place of birth at the start of care
in labour for
women with low risk pregnancies.
Transfers during
labour or immediately after birth among healthy
women with low risk pregnancies
by their planned place of birth at start of care
in labour.
All
women attended
by an NHS midwife during
labour in their planned place of birth, for any amount of time, were eligible for inclusion with the exception of
women who had an elective caesarean section or caesarean section before the onset of
labour, presented
in preterm
labour (< 37 weeks» gestation), had a multiple pregnancy, or who were «unbooked» (that is, received no antenatal care).
How much does an insurance company have to shell out after some years have gone
by for treating fecal and / or urinary incontinence or prolapses
in these
women with their marathon
labours and untreated perineal tears?
There were marked differences between planned places of birth
in the proportion of
women with complicating conditions identified
by the attending midwife at the start of care
in labour (table 1 ⇑).
The strengths of the study include the ability to compare outcomes
by the
woman's planned place of birth at the start of care
in labour, the high participation of midwifery units and trusts
in England, the large sample size and statistical power to detect clinically important differences
in adverse perinatal outcomes, the minimisation of selection bias through achievement of a high response rate and absence of self selection bias due to non-consent, the ability to compare groups that were similar
in terms of identified clinical risk (according to current clinical guidelines) and to further increase the comparability of the groups
by conducting an additional analysis restricted to
women with no complicating conditions identified at the start of care
in labour, and the ability to control for several important potential confounders.
Characteristics of healthy
women with low risk pregnancies
by their planned place of birth at start of care
in labour.
Disappointed
by the medicalisation of birth and unnecessary intervention
in hospitals, where
labouring women were made to lie on their back, she started to advocate the use of movement and gravity to help
labour and birth.
This view of one mother was also evident
in the comments made
by women who spent part of their
labour at home but transferred for delivery.
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.
The HSE Clinical Practice Guidelines on Prevention and Management of Primary Postpartum Haemorrhage state that for «
women without specific risk factors for PPH delivering vaginally, oxytocin (10 iu
by intramuscular injection) is the agent of choice for prophylaxis
in the third stage of
labour.
These two units have Midwifery Led Units
in which low risk
women are cared for
by midwives and
in which there are options of
labouring and birthing
in water.
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 %).
This includes essential care during childbirth and
in the postnatal period for every mother and baby, including antenatal steroid injections (given to pregnant
women at risk of preterm
labour to strengthen the babies» lungs), kangaroo mother care (when the baby is carried
by the mother with skin - to - skin contact and frequent breastfeeding), and antibiotics to treat newborn infections.
In addition, women were more likely to be cared for in labour by midwives they already kne
In addition,
women were more likely to be cared for
in labour by midwives they already kne
in labour by midwives they already knew.
In all standard - care options,
women were cared for
by whichever midwives and doctors were rostered for duty when they came into the hospital for
labour, birth and postnatal care.
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 chances of being cared for
in labour by a midwife she had got to know, and having a spontaneous vaginal birth were also increased.
«Additionally, these
women reported that they were less likely to feel that they were treated with respect and talked to
in a way they understood
by staff during pregnancy,
labour and birth, and postnatal care.
Women planning birth at home using a traditional pool that is filled when the
woman is
in labour or using a fixed pool
in an NHS unit are not affected
by this alert and should not be concerned.
In the subgroup analysis in which we excluded women whose labour was induced by outpatient administration of prostaglandins, amniotomy or both (118 [4.1 %] of women in the home - birth group, 344 [7.2 %] of those who planned a midwife - attended hospital birth and 778 [14.6 %] of those who planned a physician - attended hospital birth), the relative risks of obstetric interventions and adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes did not change significantl
In the subgroup analysis
in which we excluded women whose labour was induced by outpatient administration of prostaglandins, amniotomy or both (118 [4.1 %] of women in the home - birth group, 344 [7.2 %] of those who planned a midwife - attended hospital birth and 778 [14.6 %] of those who planned a physician - attended hospital birth), the relative risks of obstetric interventions and adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes did not change significantl
in which we excluded
women whose
labour was induced
by outpatient administration of prostaglandins, amniotomy or both (118 [4.1 %] of
women in the home - birth group, 344 [7.2 %] of those who planned a midwife - attended hospital birth and 778 [14.6 %] of those who planned a physician - attended hospital birth), the relative risks of obstetric interventions and adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes did not change significantl
in the home - birth group, 344 [7.2 %] of those who planned a midwife - attended hospital birth and 778 [14.6 %] of those who planned a physician - attended hospital birth), the relative risks of obstetric interventions and adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes did not change significantly.
Women who gave birth at home attended by a midwife had fewer procedures during labour compared with women who gave birth in hospital attended by a physi
Women who gave birth at home attended
by a midwife had fewer procedures during
labour compared with
women who gave birth in hospital attended by a physi
women who gave birth
in hospital attended
by a physician.
All 5418
women expecting to deliver
in 2000 supported
by midwives with a common certification and who planned to deliver at home when
labour began.
PARTICIPANTS: All 5418
women expecting to deliver
in 2000 supported
by midwives with a common certification and who planned to deliver at home when
labour began.
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.
Other models of care include a) where the physician / obstetrician is the lead professional, and midwives and / or nurses provide intrapartum care and
in - hospital postpartum care under medical supervision; b) shared care, where the lead professional changes depending on whether the
woman is pregnant,
in labour or has given birth, and on whether the care is given
in the hospital, birth centre (free standing or integrated) or
in community setting (s); and c) where the majority of care is provided
by physicians or obstetricians.
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.
Two - thirds of the increase
in unemployment was accounted for
by women, who continue to be hit hardest
by the deterioration
in the
labour market.
The seat she stood
in wouldn't be represented
by a
woman until I won it for
Labour, 92 years later.
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 unfolding of events
in the weeks leading up to the vote on 10 December demonstrated two key points: firstly, the importance of the
Labour left taking a clear campaigning stand against such anti-woman, anti-working class and deeply unpopular policies; secondly, the crucial role played by a campaign led by women — the Save Lone Parent Benefit campaign — and orientated to linking up with parliamentary and labour movement oppos
Labour left taking a clear campaigning stand against such anti-woman, anti-working class and deeply unpopular policies; secondly, the crucial role played
by a campaign led
by women — the Save Lone Parent Benefit campaign — and orientated to linking up with parliamentary and
labour movement oppos
labour movement opposition.
In Bromley and Enfield, Labour candidates fell short by a margin of less than the Women's Equality party votes, while in Richmond the Liberal Democrat / Green alliance saw off the Tory challenge for a second tim
In Bromley and Enfield,
Labour candidates fell short
by a margin of less than the
Women's Equality party votes, while
in Richmond the Liberal Democrat / Green alliance saw off the Tory challenge for a second tim
in Richmond the Liberal Democrat / Green alliance saw off the Tory challenge for a second time.
This was particularly important
in the context of the failure of the majority of
Labour's new
women MPs to represent
women's interests — and the divisive use to which this was put
by the government.
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.
«The driver reported that one middle - aged
woman by name, Ajoke Ahmed, a passenger
in the vehicle, had gone into deep
labour.
Between 1992 and 1997, a campaign led
by Labour women ensured that there were AWS
in half of all potentially winnable seats.
The big strides made
in securing more
women Labour MPs have also, unfortunately, been paralleled
by a decline
in those from working - class backgrounds.
Finally, the Liberal Democrats offer the widest variety of policies targeted at
women (
in keeping with their manifesto, which is almost twice the length of
Labour's and
by far the most detailed of the party manifestos).
Gloria De Piero MP,
Labour's shadow minister for
women and equalities, responding to the lifting of Lord Rennard's suspension, said: «Nick Clegg has sent a clear message to
women voters — he is more interested
in trying to salvage the Lib Dems» fading election hopes than do the right thing
by the
women who made these serious complaints.
May had earlier taunted
Labour with the fact that the recent Copeland byelection saw a
Labour man (Jamie Reed) replaced
in the Commons
by a Conservative
woman (Trudy Harrison).
Alongside that troop of northerners yet to appear, we were told this would be an opportunity for both David Cameron and Ed Miliband to promote more
women — the PM because he's pledged to get a third of government posts filled
by female politicians
by 2015 (and the number of
women in cabinet fell last time), the
Labour leader because, well, he's got loads of good ones.