Sentences with phrase «choices for your labor and birth»

You want each nurse and health care provider to be clear about your choices for your labor and birth, but those choices need to be easy and quick for them to read.

Not exact matches

Remember that ACOG (American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology) notes that a trial of labor is a safe and reasonable choice for most mothers with a prior cesarean birth.

In teaching childbirth education classes, I expose families to a wide range of options for their birth experience including choices for relaxation, movement, labor and birth positions and the very first decisions as parents.

Still others have decided to stay in Muskegon and show up in labor at Mercy Health Hackley, while home birth after cesarean (HBAC) is a clear choice for others.

With the knowledge from your researching and your childbirth classes, combined with the expertise of your doula at your prenatal meeting, you can create an awesome birth plan that is attractive, to - the - point, and clearly delineates the choices that are most important for you and your partner during labor.

In recent years elective cesarean delivery has become a popular choice for women who don't wish to have a vaginal birth and who don't want to experience traditional birthing methods and the pain of labor.

Giving birth in water is a safe, healthy choice for women who want to minimize their pain during labor and maximize their experience of birth.

And I think, again, I see the model practice as one that gives the woman the greatest number of choices, a model practice where you actually have the time and the capacity on the patient's part to understand the risks and benefits of each of the subsequent choices to have a relatively smooth system, which can transfer from one model of birth to another without extensive delays and then — and so I think giving the mom the greatest number of choices and having midwives and physicians speaking to each other at the time of either the initial patient's choice for method of delivery or at the beginning of the labor proceAnd I think, again, I see the model practice as one that gives the woman the greatest number of choices, a model practice where you actually have the time and the capacity on the patient's part to understand the risks and benefits of each of the subsequent choices to have a relatively smooth system, which can transfer from one model of birth to another without extensive delays and then — and so I think giving the mom the greatest number of choices and having midwives and physicians speaking to each other at the time of either the initial patient's choice for method of delivery or at the beginning of the labor proceand the capacity on the patient's part to understand the risks and benefits of each of the subsequent choices to have a relatively smooth system, which can transfer from one model of birth to another without extensive delays and then — and so I think giving the mom the greatest number of choices and having midwives and physicians speaking to each other at the time of either the initial patient's choice for method of delivery or at the beginning of the labor proceand benefits of each of the subsequent choices to have a relatively smooth system, which can transfer from one model of birth to another without extensive delays and then — and so I think giving the mom the greatest number of choices and having midwives and physicians speaking to each other at the time of either the initial patient's choice for method of delivery or at the beginning of the labor proceand then — and so I think giving the mom the greatest number of choices and having midwives and physicians speaking to each other at the time of either the initial patient's choice for method of delivery or at the beginning of the labor proceand so I think giving the mom the greatest number of choices and having midwives and physicians speaking to each other at the time of either the initial patient's choice for method of delivery or at the beginning of the labor proceand having midwives and physicians speaking to each other at the time of either the initial patient's choice for method of delivery or at the beginning of the labor proceand physicians speaking to each other at the time of either the initial patient's choice for method of delivery or at the beginning of the labor process.

Class 4: The Onset of Labor: Your «Guess Date» and Normal Length of Pregnancy; Preparing for your Birthing Day; Signs of Birthing Beginning; Amniotic Membranes Breaking — Your Safe Choices; True vs. «False» Labor; How to Time Your Birthing Waves (contractions); Your Birth Log; When to go to the Birth Place; Automatic Comfort and Relaxation on «The Drive» and Arrival at Your Place of Birth (if out of your home; Hypno - Guardians; Nurses — the Unsung Heroes; Using Hypnosis for Comfort During Internal Exams; Dilation, Effacement, Position and Station of Baby; The Beautiful Progress of Labor, Including Fast, Average and Slow or Stalled Labor; Artificial Induction and Natural Induction Techniques; Creating a Safe and Serene Birthing Environment; Nausea Elimination; Optimum Fetal Positioning.

Detailed Childbirth Choices — Risks, Benefits and Alternatives for Common Procedures; Getting Informed Consent, Hospital Forms and Your Rights; Questions for Caregivers — Consumer Issues and Positive Communication; Creating the Birth Plan of your Dreams; «Big» Babies; Packing Your Birth Bag; Touring Your Place of Birth; Benefits of a Professional Labor Assistant; «Hypno - Doulas»; Introduction of the «Abdominal Lift and Tuck» for an easier birthing.

Giving birth is one of the hardest things you'll ever do, and you don't want to be fighting for your choices or second - guessing the motives of your doctor or midwife while you're in active labor.

With a midwife as your laboring and birth support professional you can prepare for birth in ways that minimize fear, with a focus on open and continuous communication, continuity of care, informed choice and confidence and the use of technology when necessary.

*» Natural Hospital Birth» by Cynthia Gabriel (required for certification) * «The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth» by Henci Goer * «Gentle Birth Choices» by Barbara Harper * «A Good Birth, a Safe Birth» by Diana Korte and Roberta Scaer * «Birth Reborn» by Michel Odent, MD * «The Birth Partner» by Penny Simkin * «Unassisted Childbirth» by Laura Shanley * «Birthing From Within» by Pam England * «Active Birth» by Janet Balaskas * «Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn» by Simkin, Whaley and Keppler «New Natural Pregnancy» by Janet Balaskas «Women Giving Birth» by Limberg and Smulders «Special Delivery» by Rahima Baldwin «Waterbirth: A Midwife's Perspective» by Susan Napierala * «Back Labor No More» by Janie King «The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth» by Sheila Kitzinger «Mothering the Mother» by Marshall and Phyllis Klaus «Nurturing Touch at Birth: A Labor Support Handbook» by Paulina Perez «The Birth Book» by Martha and William Sears * «The Scientification of Love» by Michel Odent, MD * «The Farmer and the Obstetrician» by Michel Odent, MD

Learning birth choices, comfort measures and the importance of supporting and caring for a laboring woman.

Whether you want a «natural» birth because you want to avoid medical interventions or because it seems like the best choice for you, one thing is sure: planning your labor and delivery is a big deal.

The WHO guidelines emphasize two main issues: support for the normality of uncomplicated labor and birth; and respect for women's choices and psychosocial needs.

Although making choices for labor, birth, baby and postpartum can be overwhelming, it can also be so empowering.

Another choice for back labor that has mom leaning forward; also good for rocking and rhythmic motion when you use a birth ball or a rocking chair.

The ACOG / SMFM guidelines do not address the midwifery model of care, however, Choices in Childbirth notes that the midwifery model commonly employs or recommends many of the above recommendations, including supporting longer labors, version for breech babies, and continuous support during labor and birth.

Around the time pregnancy became a choice rather than an inevitability and the business of having children became about more than generating labor for the farm, we began seeking ways to bond with our babies before birth.

A birth plan is about putting down your preferences, in black and white, before labor begins so that you are prepared for whatever events may arise and can make informed choices about your and baby's care and safety.

My three children's births have been very positive and fast (4 and 3 hours total labor for the last two), and while I didn't drink tea consistently, it was my tea of choice.