Sentences with phrase «during hospital labor»

As a new mother's body sheds fluids from pregnancy and those given intravenously during hospital labor and childbirth, milk production begins in earnest.

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Edison Awards Program Manager wears The Henry Ford Hospital's Model G Patient Gown during labor and delivery.

Unfortunately the hospital wouldn't let her drink it during her labor, only water, but her husband managed to sneak it in directly afterwards.

In the event that a condition arises during my pregnancy or labor that indicates that a homebirth is no longer a safe, responsible choice, I have no qualms about going back to my OB (whom I like and respect) or being transferred to a hospital (which is literally less than five minutes from our house) if necessary.

There are so many varieties of fresh and dried dates, consider packing some into your hospital bag, for a quick and healthy boost of energy during labor.

As of 1997, «nearly two - thirds of all women who give birth in hospitals with high - volume obstetric units had an epidural during labor.

Although I did not have an epidural with either my daughter's hospital birth or my son's home birth, there was a point during my induced labor with my daughter that an option like this would have appealed to me (had I not had complications including low platelets that prevented me from getting an epidural anyway).

My mother would of course be a natural and just know how to care for me during labor, and I had midwives so they would be there the whole time (common misconception, hospital midwives are not with you the whole time).

Many hospitals don't allow food or drink during labor.

Or with the level of support in the hospital during labor?

Let them know that you understand that your baby will be monitored continuously during labor, and ask what the hospital would do if an emergency C - section became necessary.

I had lost a lot of blood during labor and had a transfusion while in hospital, which they thought had affected my milk coming in.

How often are women transferred to a hospital during labor or postpartum?

Find out how many of those 21 actually went into labor reasonably healthy and died during delivery in a hospital.

I had a minor complication during labor, so my midwife transferred me to the hospital during labor, where I got much better support from L&D nurses IMO.

Then maybe you should have pre-registered if you didn't want to be asked a ton of questions during labor, most OB offices and hospitals recommend it to their patients and it saves the «leeches» time that could be spent with other patients!

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.

I just noticed that if you add up all of the transfer rates, there is a 13 % chance of having to transport to the hospital during labor or shortly after the birth.

So any woman who developed complications during pregnancy and was appropriately transferred to hospital care long before labor began was included in the homebirth group.

I was helped in this by a couple of phone calls; one from a very eloquent certified nurse midwife at OHSU, the Oregon Health and Sciences University, who had tried to transfer a patient to one of our hospitals during labor and received so much flak and criticism and expletives over the phone and there was so much overt hostility that she wound up not pursuing that transfer, which would have been a very important transfer.

Babies whose mothers had IV fluid during labor tend to lose more weight, so keeping that in mind is an important part of advocating for your baby's health in the hospital.

High blood pressure during labor indicates a hospital delivery.

During labor I meet you in your home, birthing center or hospital and I provide many soothing techniques (counter-pressure, comforting touch, coached breathing and emotional support with continuous encouragement) while holding space for informed decision making by you.

During our visits we had discussed my stopping at the birth center to labor there before heading to the hospital, but she also knew that with having a long painful back labor the first time around (thanks to my daughter's posterior positioning), I might not have a good sense of how far along my labor was due to the difference in pain.

I have some high risk issues (crohns and a non thrombophyilia related dvt, maternal age) that might make it less likely hospital staff will listen to my wish for no interventions unless medically necessary to prevent infant death during labor and delivery.

Offer her a bagel, yogurt, or something bland, unless her doctor has asked her not to eat during labor — she might not get anything solid to eat at the hospital while she's giving birth.

Before we get into all of that, I would like to show you a quick video about the supplies I wished I had brought to the hospital during my labor and delivery.

We offer «montrice services» during labor away from the hospital: examinations to assess dilation as desired, assessing mothers vitals and baby's heartbeat to ensure labor is safely progressing.

Somewhere along the way, I went from the idea of getting an epidural and having a classic hospital birth when I imagined having a baby, to becoming a total hippie who never dreamed of using pain meds during labor, knew I would have a doula and by the second time around, would be having my baby at home.

As for his patients who would choose a hospital delivery, they were well - known for making things «difficult» for hospital staff: refusing to be «shaved», have enemas, (both still standard procedures in 1981) and wanting to do unthinkable things like get up and walk around during labor instead of lying (preferably) on their backs or sides strapped to a fetal monitor - all with the encouragement and blessing of their doctor.

Childbirth classes discuss topics including labor and delivery, coping strategies during labor, epidurals and pain medications, medical procedures, and what to expect at the hospital or birthing center during labor and throughout the recovery period.

Birth Support: The Midwife will come to your home or meet at the hospital to labor with as planned during our prenatal sessions.

These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.

In the two instances of unforeseeable infant mortality during labor (placenta abrupta or cord in front of face) the statistical probability for each is about 1 in 10,000 and would be so sudden a hospital couldn't prep for that.

I have spent hours inching down the freeway between my house and the hospital during morning rush hour, I would hate to go into labor at 8:30 a.m.

I was surprised to learn that so much that I had grown up believing about childbirth simply wasn't true — including that hospitals are always the safest place to have a baby, that drugs for pain relief during labor won't hurt the baby, and that babies must be observed in newborn nurseries separate from their mothers.

However, be aware that in many hospitals, while it is fine to remain in water during labor, actually giving birth in water is discouraged.

the attitude that it doesn't really matter what happens to you in the hospital during labor because as soon as you hold your baby you won't care anymore is FALSE and it is hurting women.

During my time as a hospital labor and delivery nurse, some of the most common phone calls we answered were about the mucus plug.

Before you give birth, you'll want to think carefully about questions like what kind of pain relief you want during labor and what you want to pack in your hospital bag.

This, then, covers all the babies that die (OOH and in - hospital) during labor and birth.

Wear it as a nightgown when you are pregnant, use it during labor and delivery, and then wear it in the hospital and postpartum as you recover and transition into motherhood.

When this 20 % risk of death is compared to the 0.02 % rate of cord prolapse during labor at homebirth that might have a better outcome if it happened in hospital, this means that a low risk woman has a 1000 times higher chance of having a life threatening complication either to her life or her fetus / newborns life at planned hospital birth, than if she plans to have an attended homebirth with a well - trained practitioner.

Stolzer finds it comical that most mothers won't touch a cigarette or a caffeinated drink while they're pregnant — which is commendable — but then have no problem in going to a hospital and having powerful narcotics mainlined into their arm during labor and birth.

Cord prolapse definitely has better outcomes when it happens in hospital but when it occurs during labor it is usually caused by the routine of breaking the water.

What that means in real, manageable numbers is that 1 to 3 babies die during labor for every 10,000 hospital births.

When figuring out the rate of perinatal death for in - hospital births or out - of - hospital births, there are four main numbers we're looking at: total number of births, total number of term deaths (past 37 weeks), intrapartum deaths (during labor), and neonatal deaths (first 6 days of life).

Other reasons to transfer to the hospital during labor: non-reassuring fetal heart tones, thick meconium and the birth not imminent, malpresentation of the fetus (e.g. footling breech), maternal fever, broken bag of waters and no labor for an extended amount of time.

During labor the pregnant mom and I will communicate frequently via telephone; assessing and reassuring her, however, laboring at home may be a few hours or all day prior to arrival at the hospital L&D unit.

The lovely woman who taught our childbirth classes at the hospital taught me that sitting on the ball during labor could help with the pain of contractions (something about distributing pressure evenly across my back).