Sentences with phrase «canal in a vaginal birth»

KRISTEN STRATTON: So their skull molds to exit the birth canal in a vaginal birth.

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Many infants first come in contact with yeast as they travel down the birth canal (you can have a vaginal yeast infection during pregnancy and not be aware of it).

In an assisted vaginal delivery, your healthcare practitioner uses either a vacuum device or forceps to help your baby out of the birth canal.

Although it may sound a bit frightening, in experienced hands an assisted delivery is considered safe as long as your baby's head is low enough in your birth canal and there are no other problems that would complicate a vaginal delivery.

The baby being stuck in the birth canal could also lead the mother to needing an episiotomy (incision in the vaginal canal to widen it for the baby), and could lead to fatigue and exhaustion.

This study also doesn't take into account the vast differences that can occur, even in babies born vaginally, depending on how long the baby spent in the birth canal, if the mother or baby received antibiotics, the mother's gut and vaginal bacteria and a variety of other factors.

It sounds strange, especially at first, but it certainly isn't any more strange than the way the transfer happens during a vaginal birth where baby comes fully in contact with the bacteria in the birth canal, getting it in his or her mouth and nose.

It's actually quite fascinating that weeks leading up to birth, the flora in the vaginal canal begin to change and flourish, getting ready to be shared with baby as he / she is being born.

It is to be hoped that in this vaginal passage there are more beneficial microbes than non-beneficial, as a large amount of our first inoculation comes from this passing through the birth canal.