Not exact matches
Costs would be the cost of hosting (and additional web - builders if we got to the point where we would
need more
labor than just myself) and revenue would come in from the
doctor offices paying their start - up and monthly fees...
But (and this is my own rambling here) had something like that happened in a hospital, how many
doctors would stop to wonder what could be causing this woman's
labor to stall or would they threaten the woman that if she didn't dilate by such and such time, she would
need a c - section?
It greatly reduces the pain of
labor and childbirth; frequently eliminates the
need for drugs; reduces the
need for caesarian surgery or other
doctor - controlled birth interventions; and it also shortens birthing and recovery time, allowing for better and earlier bonding with the baby, which has been proven to be vital to the mother - child bond.
If your partner has a birth plan, you may
need to let the
labor and delivery nurses know about it (you should have already discussed it with the
doctor or midwife).
Ask your
doctor what you
need to know before
labor to ensure that there are no surprises.
You skewed my words regarding «managing» my birth... the whole point of the midwife is to alert the mother of the possibility of a problem, just like an OB so then a proper course of action can be taken... I was merely saying that they don't think of birth as a medical emergency from the beginning, requiring things that are unnecessary, like constant monitoring because it's easier than intermittent monitoring, or restricting maternal intake because the
doctor could get puked on, or have fecal matter excreted during delivery is selfish (and yes, I know, the mother could aspirate, but the rate of that is low too... and I'm not saying they
need to eat a steak dinner... but denying a drink of water, or a popsicle during a long
labor is just ridiculous, as is rushing a natural process for convenience sake.)
What you will
need to include is your name, your
labor partner's name, your
doctor's name, your doula's name (if you have one), and your baby's name (if decided already), your due date, things you would like during labour i.e. if you would like ice chips for nourishment or want to be coached when it's time to push, what you would like when it comes to pain relief, i.e. if you want an epidural or not, things that you would like to happen straight after the birth, i.e. your partner to cut the cord, if you want to hold the baby straight away or after they've been cleaned up, special requests if you
need to have a C - section, concerns and fears and anything else.
«During the most intimate time of their life, women
need support beyond what their
doctors, and often their husbands, can offer during
labor and delivery,» says Leslie Ludka, M.S.N., senior technical advisor at the American College of Nurse - Midwives and a certified nurse - midwife who has attended the births of nearly 4,000 babies.
It may actually stop
labor or get in the way of the
doctor and nurses doing what they
need to.
Assisted births are when a
doctor needs to use tools to get baby out during
labor.
Many
doctors and midwives will tell you when you
need to call or will be available for you by phone during the earlier parts of
labor.
That includes the practitioner who cares for you during your pregnancy, your anesthesiologist during
labor, your baby's
doctor, and any specialists you know you'll
need.
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In active management, if a woman's
labor was not progressing at a rate they arbitrarily defined as satisfactory, the
doctors said she was suffering from «dystocia» and
needed oxytocin.
Sometimes the
doctor may
need to induce
labor.
This is where institutional philosophy becomes so important: If you want to try for a VBAC, you
need to make certain that all of the various physicians who could end up caring for you — from your ob - gyn to the other
doctors in her call group to the hospital personnel on multiple 12 - hour shifts — are committed to supporting you through your
labor.
Yet some
doctors advise
laboring women to avoid solid food as a precaution should a cesarean delivery be
needed.
The US Department of
Labor predicts that more medical coding jobs will
need to be filled and more
doctors and medical facilities will outsource their medical coding and billing contracts to independent consultants, rather than hiring permanent full -, or part - time medical billing staff, because they are more cost effective and efficient.
It will of course depend on how big a reform agenda
Labor wants to develop and which of the competing vested interests it will
need or want to take on to really address structural barriers —
doctors, hospitals, states, the pharmaceutical industry, the private health sector — and whether it's up to a fight against the food and alcohol industries and «nanny state» critics on prevention.