The majority of parents would benefit from information awareness campaigns conveying these findings, alongside greater use of Identification and Brief Advice (IBA)
interventions by hospitals, GPs and midwives in order to help parents to stop and think about how much they are drinking.
Not exact matches
Summary: The deaths caused
by rare acute condition at planned attended low risk homebirth that might have had a better outcome in
hospital are outweighed
by the deaths and morbidity due to common acute conditions caused
by hospital interventions.
If you read the whole comment you may understand that when I say to blame ONE person for ALL the deaths is like blaming the good doctor, herself, for ALL the babies who have died during childbirth when accepted» practices; like drug or surgical
intervention were orchestrated in
hospitals by Obstetricians!
The program to encourage breastfeeding seemed to work -
by three months out, 43 percent of mothers who gave birth at
intervention hospitals were still exclusively breastfeeding, compared to six percent of women in the comparison group.
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.
Of the participants who had
hospital births, the most popular reasons for choosing the
hospital included feeling like it was the safest place for the mom and baby, the fact that it was covered
by insurance, and a desire for access to medical
interventions.
In the
hospital, you would've been monitored much more closely (those dreaded «
interventions» you hear about) and the baby's distress would've been caught much sooner, and whether
by cesarean or vacuum or what, they would've gotten baby out much, much sooner.
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.
explains that a natural birth has no
interventions, and since
hospitals and doctors are
interventions, can not
by definition be witnessed
by a doctor.
The
intervention they used was to promote breastfeeding heavily in the randomly chosen
hospitals by doing lots of breastfeeding promotion and education and myth - dispelling.
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.
While this simple
intervention provides superior support for preterm, low - weight babies, in comparison to conventional practices, such as the use of incubator, it is rarely included in official
hospital policies or recommended to mothers
by mainstream experts.
Intervention rates for 5418 planned home births attended
by certified professional midwives and
hospital births in the United States
But I can't equate over-enthusiasm
by breastfeeding helpers to corporate
intervention in medical decisions in the
hospital.
Most first births are slower than actively managed maternity units would like and so labours in
hospitals get hurried along
by either physical or chemical means, and whilst most babies can cope well with this artificial speeding up of the labour, some find it a challenge and become distressed requiring further
interventions.
These deaths are completely preventable
by restricting the frequent use of
hospital interventions that cause them: inductions and augmentations (currently 50 % of low risk births), forceps & vacuum (5 % of low risk births), rupturing membranes (85 % of low risk births), epidurals (50 % of low risk births), frequent vaginal exams (98 % of low risk births), general anesthesia at cesareans (5 % of low risk births).
At the
hospital I was pressured to accept
interventions I didn't want and told I had a lazy uterus
by the asshole who «attended» the birth of my child right after giving birth.
I can tell you one thing for sure... she would be more open to having a
hospital birth if she had any sort of assurance that she wouldn't be railroaded into
interventions by malpractice - fearing
hospital staff.
Natural
Hospital Birth by Cynthia Gabriel was really helpful for my spouse and me — lots of helpful techniques for minimizing interventions for those of us who choose hospita
Hospital Birth
by Cynthia Gabriel was really helpful for my spouse and me — lots of helpful techniques for minimizing
interventions for those of us who choose
hospitalhospital birth.
Other issues in the
hospital include delaying the new mommy's ability to begin breastfeeding immediately
by removing the baby to a warming bed instead of laying the baby on the mommy's tummy, and too early
interventions such as eye ointment, bathing the baby, and taking the baby to the nursery to be evaluated in the absence of medical necessity.
The antenatal session for
intervention fathers was delivered as a supplement to the existing antenatal sessions offered
by the
hospitals and was normally delivered on the third or fourth week of their antenatal programs (total program = 4 weekly sessions).
These findings follow earlier research
by Janssen that demonstrated that planned home births resulted in fewer
interventions and similar rates of adverse newborn outcomes compared to planned
hospital births among women who met the criteria for home births.
Hospitals lower the death rate of babies
by recommending and performing
interventions, including C - sections when medically indicated, rather than just letting babies die.
And the counter reaction to that has been a much bigger effort done
by several
hospitals to make the experience better, lessen
interventions, use CNMs instead of residents and provide several tools to avoid c.sections, so that you can have the safety of an early
intervention without being bed ridden and forcibly tied to a monitor and an IV at the hands of OB wannabes.
This
intervention consisted of 2 prenatal group classes, 1 PC
hospital visit, 5 PP telephone calls
by the peer counselor or LC, and provision of breast pumps as needed.
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 significantly.
Our study showed that planned home birth attended
by a registered midwife was associated with very low and comparable rates of perinatal death and reduced rates of obstetric
interventions and adverse maternal outcomes compared with planned
hospital birth attended
by a midwife or physician.
Increasingly better observational studies suggest that planned
hospital birth is not any safer than planned home birth assisted
by an experienced midwife with collaborative medical back up, but may lead to more
interventions and more complications.
TRUTH: While midwifery
by its nature is low
intervention, the same pain management options exist for all women who deliver their babies in a
hospital setting, regardless if they choose a doctor or midwife.
If you read the part you quoted in context, you will see that it is a call for more studies in light of the fact that «Increasingly better observational studies suggest that planned
hospital birth is not any safer than planned home birth assisted
by an experienced midwife with collaborative medical back up, but may lead to more
interventions and more complications.»
Intervention: 3 antenatal home visits / 1
hospital visit / 1 «immediate» home visit and 1 or 2 further home visits «in the early weeks»; plus face - to - face and telephone support
by a single lay supporter (mother / previous breastfeeding experience, but no indication of training)
The
intervention was not aimed at facilitating breastfeeding, rather the trial compared women who were randomized to early
hospital discharge with telephone follow - up (with home visits
by nurses only for those women who left
hospital within 36 h of the birth «to encourage them to leave the
hospital early») versus usual care with later discharge from
hospital.
However, in the study
by Yotebieng 2015, the
intervention was the Baby Friendly
Hospital Initiative (BFHI) so the control group did not access this.
Intervention 2: 16 randomized, 15 followed up (not clear): usual care plus education plus daily visits
by nurse while in
hospital and telephone support 2 days after discharge and 1 week later and further support if necessary (up to 5 weeks postpartum).
Intervention: planned early discharge from
hospital (24 h - 36 h postpartum) and up to 3 home visits
by community nurse LCs.
Intervention: combination of home visit
by breastfeeding consultant within 5 days of
hospital discharge (duration 2 h) and weekly telephone calls
by the consultant for 1 month, then monthly from 2 - 6 months
Intervention (n = 228): individual support and problem solving
by lactation nurse in
hospital and at home.
The
intervention was a single home visit on day 3 after the birth (in
hospital),
by 2 lay breastfeeding supporters, that lasted about 30 min and covered the same topics as routine support.
For the other six studies undertaken in settings with Baby Friendly accreditation, study
interventions were additional to care that met Baby Friendly standards and were received
by everyone at the
hospital including all the study participants in the
intervention and control groups.
A long process
by the state government to try and rationalise the state's
hospitals was over-ridden
by the Prime Minister's
intervention.
The statement signed
by CID boss Bright Oduro, had described as baseless and unsubstantiated claims of thievery and corruption leveled against the duo, adding that their
intervention in a Korle Bu Teaching
Hospital deal «was transparent, borne out of the protection of public interest and consistent with their duties as Chiefs of Staff.»
The study was carried out across 60 wards in 16
hospitals that were already implementing the English and Welsh Cleanyourhands campaign, the study showed that an
intervention that coupled feedback to personalised action planning improved hand - hygiene compliance
by up to 18 per cent on Intensive Therapy Units and 13 per cent on Acute Care of the Elderly wards.
In a new,
hospital - level analysis
by health policy researcher Laura Attanasio at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Katy Kozhimannnil at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, they report that women who gave birth at
hospitals that had a larger percentage of midwife - attended births were less likely to have two specific medical
interventions, cesarean delivery and episiotomy.
A study
by investigators at Brigham and Women's
Hospital (BWH) published this week in PLOS ONE identifies four factors that may account for sex differences in statin therapy among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), pointing to
interventions and additional research that will be needed to help overcome this sex disparity and reduce cardiovascular risk for women.
To test the efficacy of an
intervention including buprenorphine, a medication that reduces opioid cravings and helps to prevent relapse to opioid use, the Yale team — lead
by D'Onofrio and Dr. David Fiellin, professor of medicine — conducted a randomized trial of more than 300 opioid - dependent individuals in an urban teaching
hospital.
The new findings come a year after a 2015 study
by the same investigative team that compared these
interventions in children who had experienced a cardiac arrest in the out - of -
hospital setting.
The
intervention, delivered
by teams at The University of Manchester and Evelina London Children's
Hospital, and assessed
by teams at Birkbeck and King's, was an adapted version of the already established Video Interaction for Promoting Positive Parenting Programme (iBASIS - VIPP).
Professor Howell, based at the Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention Centre at University
Hospital of South Manchester, and at The University of Manchester, said: said: «At least 50 per cent of cancer risk is genetic, but activated cell stress signalling could potentially be reduced
by dietary or lifestyle
intervention.
The use of electronic alerts
by hospitals treating patients with acute kidney injury may increase
interventions without improving care, a study
by Yale researchers found.
The research team looked at the number of injuries, severity of injury, type of
hospital interventions, patient deaths and costs - per - patient in children with gunshot injuries compared with children whose injuries resulted from other mechanisms, including stabbing, being hit
by a motor vehicle, struck
by blunt object, falls, motor vehicle crashes and others.