Obstetric nursing is the profession of nursing with a specialty in taking care of pregnant and
laboring women as well as newborns.
It's about basic respect for
laboring women as people and patients, not inanimate objects who should submit cheerfully to any pain (such as the chronic pain associated with my C - section scar) and any indignity at the hands of doctors who threaten and abuse their patients.
Doulas provide all of the above to the birth partner so that they have the energy and confidence to continue to support
the laboring woman as only they can.
Not exact matches
The «Tupperware party» was a way for
women to earn an income after much of the
labor market closed to them
as soldiers came back from war.
And a
Labor Department study points out an earnings anomaly: while self - employed men earn
as much
as or more than similar workers paid a wage or a salary, self - employed
women earn substantially less than their wage and salary counterparts.
Labor force participation has been declining for men under age 62 since the 1970s, even
as more
women joined the workforce.
That includes the «emotional
labor» that
women often expend
as caretakers, mothers, wives, and beyond, says Bland.
This gap is slowly closing,
as data from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics show that
women with children now make slightly more than
women without kids under 18 at home, which wasn't the case a year ago.
Google must hand over the contact information for up to 8,000 employees to the
Labor Department so it can investigate whether the search giant shortchanges
women who perform similar jobs
as men.
It's not necessarily advisable for a pregnant
woman to fly in her third trimester, but it's not necessarily unsafe either,
as long
as she isn't concerned that she will go into
labor on the plane.
How each
woman went through
labor and birth were just
as unique
as watching someone dying.
Men have protected their money - based identity by mouthing their self - serving, ideology of mother and home while using
women as cheap
labor.
Exploring some of the lesser - known metaphors and imagery employed by biblical authors to describe God, Winner lyrically invites the reader to imagine God
as clothing, laughter, flame, food, wine, and a
laboring woman.
As both scholar and minister, Williams
labored under the burden of a holy and risky calling to keep alive the truth, the truth that sets men and
women free.
Radical
women and flamboyant homosexuals are easy (and ancient) targets, but neither undermines heterosexual marriage more than an array of other factors, such
as financial instability, emotional dysfunction, unfair distribution of domestic
labor, widespread divorce, interreligious differences and intercultural conflict.
The main biblical evidence is (1) the stories of the creation (Gen.I: 26 - 27 with 5:1 - 2; 2:18 - 25) and the fall (3:16 - 20); (2) Jesus» respect for
women, whom he consistently treated
as men's equals (Luke 8:1 - 3; 10:38 - 42; 11:28 - 28; 13:10 - 17; 21:1 - 4; Mark 5:22 - 42; John 4:7 - 38; 8:3 - 11; 12:1 - 8; (3) references to
women ministering in the apostolic church by prophesying, leading in prayer, teaching, practicing Samaritanship both informally and
as widows and deacons, and
laboring in the gospel with Apostles (Acts 2:17 - 21; 9:36 - 42; 18:24 - 26; 21:9 Rom.
Japan is a recipient country of migrant workers but most Filipino
women migrate to Japan
as entertainers, because the Japanese government sticks to the policy refusing to accept any unskilled foreign
labor.
Racism... Child
Labor Laws... Protections for the poor...
Women's Rights...
Labor Laws in general... Religious Persecution... Voting Rights... oh wait, the past sucked and the future can only be better
as long
as we embrace progressivism and abandon all that Dark Ages crap.
So I would urge that in the
labor which a Christian undertakes
as part of discipleship, what is required
as a motivation and inspiration is worship: while genuine worship is itself something done, with
as much of self
as the man or
woman engaging in it can manage to bring to this exercise of creaturely dependence and humble obedience.
And, oh, when the hour - glass has run out, the hourglass of time, when the noise of worldliness is silenced, and the restless or the ineffectual busyness comes to an end, when everything is still about thee
as it is in eternity — whether thou wast man or
woman, rich or poor, dependent or independent, fortunate or unfortunate, whether thou didst bear the splendor of the crown in a lofty station, or didst bear only the
labor and heat of the day in an inconspicuous lot; whether thy name shall be remembered
as long
as the world stands (and so was remembered
as long
as the world stood), or without a name thou didst cohere
as nameless with the countless multitude; whether the glory which surrounded thee surpassed all human description, or the judgment passed upon thee was the most severe and dishonoring human judgement can pass — eternity asks of thee and of every individual among these million millions only one question, whether thou hast lived in despair or not, whether thou wast in despair in such a way that thou didst not know thou wast in despair, or in such a way that thou didst hiddenly carry this sickness in thine inward parts
as thy gnawing secret, carry it under thy heart
as the fruit of a sinful love, or in such a way that thou, a horror to others, didst rave in despair.
We loosen our grip and make our concessions only when we are forced to do so by some competing group that has acquired sufficient power to bring us to the negotiating table,
as the history of the
labor - management conflict and the modern
women's movement illustrate.
When I met sometimes with merry companions, and my heart was ready to sink, I would
labor to put on
as cheerful a countenance
as possible, that they might not distrust anything, and sometimes would begin some discourse with young men or young
women on purpose, or propose a merry song, lest the distress of my soul would be discovered, or mistrusted, when at the same time I would then rather have been in a wilderness in exile, than with them or any of their pleasures or enjoyments.
Attitudes about a division of
labor between men and
women make it difficult to think of men
as parents by closely associating parenthood with mothers.
This concept was supported vigorously by important
labor and left - wing Zionist groups, including the radical Marxist Ha - Shomer Ha - Tzair kibbutz movement, the Ahdut Ha - Avodah socialist party, the Poale Zion Smol (Left Workers of Zion) party, and the Mapam party (which at one time embraced the other groups); and by such significant political figures
as Haim Margalit - Kalvarisky (a member of the Zionist Executive), Bert Katznelson (a founder of Ahdut Ha - Avodah and of the Histradut federation of
labor), and Henrietta Szold (the first
woman member of the Zionist Executive and founder of Hadassah, the
Women's Zionist Organization of America).
then sudden destruction comes upon them,
as labor pains upon a pregnant
woman.
3 While people are saying, «Peace and safety,» destruction will come on them suddenly,
as labor pains on a pregnant
woman, and they will not escape.
«In addition to ensuring the quality of the products themselves, we want to make sure there is no child
labor being used,
as well
as to support female work forces in developing nations,» he states.The company also makes a point of hiring local
women who, many times, have difficulty finding adequate employment.
Our program requires these five focus areas above to flourish,
as well
as three cross-cutting themes:
women's empowerment, child
labor and climate change.
Studies have shown that
women that don't sleep
as much may have longer
labors and a higher probability that they will have to have a c - section.
Related to point # 2, in the Parenting
as an Entrepreneur episode, Alicia Ybarbo said something that really stuck out to me — that
women get very good at narrowing in on solutions and making split decisions because there is basically no time to
labor endlessly over camp options or put up with working with someone crazy when there is a less crazy alternative.
As studies have shown, and as women know from experience, while Thanksgiving Day is considered a day of rest for men, in most households it's a «day of both ritual and physical labor for women.&raqu
As studies have shown, and
as women know from experience, while Thanksgiving Day is considered a day of rest for men, in most households it's a «day of both ritual and physical labor for women.&raqu
as women know from experience, while Thanksgiving Day is considered a day of rest for men, in most households it's a «day of both ritual and physical
labor for
women.»
I have a memory of a war movie in which a
woman is giving birth in a tank or a submarine (for whatever reason) and even in THAT situation, the men know better than she does how to
labor — she's forced to lie down and put her feet up in two bandoliers suspended from the ceiling
as stirrups.
As of 1997, «nearly two - thirds of all
women who give birth in hospitals with high - volume obstetric units had an epidural during
labor.
I remember when I was first training
as a midwife and one of my mentors told me about the segment of the population that's turned on by
women in
labor.
Drive Gingerly and Watch the Bumps Your trip to the hospital is not a NASCAR event; your practice runs and the real thing should be
as smooth
as possible because a
woman in
labor is extremely sensitive to sudden moves and even small bumps.
I identify birth
as a momentous experience for both the
woman /
laboring person and their partner (s).
Most people think of it
as a «breathing technique» that helps
women during
labor and delivery.
And now there come reports that birth trauma — defined
as a frightening
labor experience that leaves a
woman with PTSD - like symptoms — is on the rise in the U.K., and that
women are increasingly opting for C - sections out of a fear of natural
labor...
She points out that
women who go into
labor without being induced can usually spend the early portion at home, moving around
as they feel most comfortable.
It's a medical intervention because it is 1) done
as a medical practice, and 2) it intervenes in
labor because it requires a
woman to give up some of her usual mobility.
It is aptly named
as it looks at the journey of four
women who are planning a trial of
labor for a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC).
A doula, a
woman trained in
labor support,
as a part of your birth team helps create this birth circle and protective embrace for Moms and families.
However, most deaths that the US authorities classify
as «maternal deaths» are NOT due to
labor complications in healthy
women.
Some
women can barely tell they're in
labor, and some
women experience what's known
as prodromal
labor.
It is proved by science and it does make sense when you learn more about
women's hormones that work during
labor and birth
as well
as the the
women's anatomy.
I love reading about the sensations
women had
as they progressed through
labor, some even aware of their cervix opening and stretching, or their baby physically moving down and engaging.
As Dekker pointed out, if hospital maternity wards are full with
women being induced, will there be enough room left for
women who arrive already in
labor?
I could talk so much more but I want you to know this story made an impact on me and how I will help
woman and babies in my job
as a
labor and delivery nurse.
Carol served
as a guest editor of special issues on Childbirth Connection's Transforming Maternity Care project (
Women's Health Issues, 2010), on The Nature and Management of
Labor Pain (American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2002) and on medically unnecessary cesarean sections (Social Science & Medicine, 1993).
The book should support
women,
as well
as realistically discuss how each
labor is unique.