Sentences with phrase «given by midwives»

Includes studies comparing the safety of home and hospital births and the safety of care given by midwives.

Not exact matches

With my third baby, we gave birth in the living room of our house in a birthing tub of warm water, attended by midwives.

They are given a package of information about various aspects of being a father — at the moment the midwives use resources produced by Working with Men to facilitate discussion with the dads, although they may also use the handouts supplied with Invisible Fathers, now they are available.

It's good that medical care and trained professionals now exist and give mums the option and ability to take advantage of the medical care, but to do a complete U-turn so that ALL women should be forced to have medicalised births attended by midwives or doctors, is damaging and unfair.

Up until the 50s most women in the UK gave birth at home, and most were only attended by a female friend or relative, or a «self - titled» untrained midwife, and it was completely down to luck as to how good, or bad she was.

Continuity of care midwife, great relationship with knowledgeable midwife, lots of interaction and talking with children about birth and baby, stand ing strong in the face of medical opposition, eating vegies and staying away from sugar and carbs, empowered by Blessingway ceremony, contractions started and stopped, sleep in between, wanting pool but clear about at what temperature, different kind of pushing, more power required and more lucidity, her body knew how to give birth and her baby knew how to be born

Earth Birth From the description on their Facebook group: «Earth Birth Global Women's Health Collective is a project run by midwives and health care professionals to help mothers in war and trauma affected areas give birth safely and peacefully.

I was finally able to convince my daughter to supplement by bringing a friend who is a nurse - midwife to see her and give a second opinion.

Consider where you would like to give birth — for example, many women prefer giving birth at home in warm water, through a process facilitated by a midwife led team

Women who planned a home birth were at reduced risk of all obstetric interventions assessed and were at similar or reduced risk of adverse maternal outcomes compared with women who planned to give birth in hospital accompanied by a midwife or physician.

This ensures that you are getting the highest standard of safety and care from midwives that are knowledgeable and working within the scope they are given by their governing body.

When my son was 2 weeks the midwife advised I supplemented with formula which I did and by the time he was 7 weeks old I had virtually no milk and gave up altogether.

I stand by my assertion that the vast majority of women would choose to give birth in a hospital if they could not find a midwife willing to deliver high risk patients at home.

I can't imagine meds were given by the homebirth midwives during resuscitation as most are not legally able to carry or administer them.

Being on - call means anywhere from as little as 5 to as many as 200 text messages can be exchanged during day time, as well as multiple phone calls during the day and night updating me with early labor progress, the birth client or her partner or spouse giving me updates from their doula or nurse on labor progress, and sometimes, to tell me there has been a change made by their OBGYN or Midwife to their previous birth plan.

- midwife tried to deliver baby by applying fundal pressure - midwife cut an eposiotomy while baby was at +1 station, then sewed it back up when the baby did not deliver and before transport to ER - mother was uncooperative and combative to staff at Hopkins, refusing to give medical history, refusing to consent to C - section, and refusing blood draw.

Depending on the scheme, the woman may have the choice to give birth in hospital or at home cared for by the midwives.

While the fear of the unknown can cause parents to hesitate about giving consent for the screening, Wilkerson implores them to advocate for their babies by making sure it's conducted, either by a nurse in the hospital or a midwife after a home birth.

Common labor practices had women giving birth at home, surrounded by their own mothers and sisters and often aided by a midwife.

After giving birth, a midwife will schedule postpartum exams for you and your baby at 2 days, 2 weeks, and 6 weeks to make sure there are no medical issues that need to be addressed by an OB / GYN.

Give birth in the privacy and comfort of your own home surrounded by a supportive midwife, birth assistant, and your loved ones.

And, if she feels that she's being poked and prodded by the medical community, then again I would say it is her responsibility to find a doctor or midwife that better suits her and will still give her baby (and her) good medical care.

Women who are labelled as high - risk and whose births are managed by OB's have better outcomes than the low - risk women who give birth in the midwife - led part of the delivery ward.

These brave women who lived in slavery in Egypt and defied Pharaoh's edict for the Jewish midwives to kill Jewish male babies, by giving birth on their own, squatting in the fields.

Fact: Assisted home births may be beneficial to some women with midwives by their side; however, if you are a high risk pregnancy then you may be advised to give birth at the hospital where facilities are easily accessible to monitor the baby.

Sometimes it is done by a doctor at the hospital where you gave birth, your midwife or a public health nurse.

*» 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

Natural childbirth experts say they have seen a modest increase in interest in natural childbirth following a recent film by actress Ricki Lake, who gave birth at home with the help of a midwife.

The exam can be done by the doctor at the hospital where you gave birth, your midwife or a public health nurse.

But midwives say women are not encouraged by their doctors to explore alternatives such as birthing centers, where low - risk women can give deliver naturally, balancing technology with a home - like environment.

Breech Birth Australia and New Zealand — A group of mothers and midwives who offer social support and information to women with babies presenting by the breech or who have given birth to breech babies

As she left hospital with her newborn, the new mother would have been given a pep talk by her midwife to offer a bottle of boiled water instead of milk at the 2 am feed (yes the routine was that strict!)

Although this DIY idea doesn't work for everyone, I know moms who swear by it and was also given this tip by a midwife at one of my OB - GYNs practices.

Her experience of giving workshops around the world to midwives, physicians, nurses and obstetricians and her work with thousands of expectant mothers and fathers have convinced her of the important resources women have to give birth both by trusting themselves and the process of birth.

And, when not given answers by some, going to those who ARE willing to back up their answers with evidence, even if it later turns out to have been not evidence at all, as in the case of some claims by some midwives or many claims by many midwives, or whatever it is.

Given that (i) the 95 % CI just reaches 0.99 and (ii) the absence of measurable heterogeneity in this outcome analysis, the probability is that midwife - led continuity models of care are associated with a reduction in fetal loss and neonatal death by approximately 16 %.

Recent research suggests care with a midwife is as safe as that provided by a family physician or obstetrician, regardless of whether the woman chooses to give birth with a midwife at home or in the hospital [17 — 19].

Support might be given by a trained healthcare professional (such as a midwife, lactation consultant, or nurse), a peer counsellor or a lay advisor.

I feel as though this simply makes the most sense, and what a number of homebirth advocates tend not to mention is that midwifery in European countries and the UK is frequently controlled through hospitals - you can request a midwife, but odds are you're giving birth in the hospital, with an attending ob on call, and the midwife is sanctioned by the hospital.

But for the sliver of the population seeking to give birth outside a hospital setting, a recent crackdown by the state on midwives who are not nurses may further narrow their options.

My midwife gave me complete prenatal care and was by my side along with her partnering midwife and her apprentice for the entire 33 hour labor.

This was greatly contradicted by midwives, who see giving birth as something natural and normal.

More of a stereotype than an actual admission by midwives, there exists the notion that if you choose to give birth with a midwives than your labor will go smoothly and everything will be fine and dandy.

by Suzanne Montalalou The first time I gave birth, it was in a hospital birthing room with a midwife, whom I had spent the first six months searching out in my community.

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 physician.

Depending on where you live and the general attitude towards midwives by others in the natal care profession, you may encounter some difficulties with giving birth in a hospital if you have a midwife.

If you simply do not want to watch a birth video, that's ok too, as long as you consult with your doctor and prepare yourself for giving birth in other ways (i.e. by taking a childbirth course, by reading about childbirth and by discussing your preferences for childbirth with you partner and your midwife).

Inclusion criteria: all mothers who had booked into the single maternity hospital (> 97 % of all births) serving the city of Dunedin, New Zealand, between May 2009 - November 2010, as well as mothers who planned to give birth at home and were invited to participate by their midwife.

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.

We have used the term «midwifery - led» rather than «midwife - led» because we anticipated that some of the interventions, while constituting midwifery care, would involve care given by practitioners other than those holding an internationally - recognised qualification as a midwife.