Sentences with phrase «labouring women only»

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But in this competition, even the winners are losers: Only 60 % of women over 25 are members of Canada's labour pool.

Only 28 % of the women in the date eating group needed prostin / oxytocin (for inducing / augmenting labour), which was significantly lower than the 47 % who needed induction in the control group (p = 0.036).

Unlike what you see on television, a woman's water breaking as the sign that labour is starting only happens in approximately 5 % of cases.

There are only so many tubs, so many rooms, the rooms are only a certain size and so on — and these factors do impact on the way a labouring and birthing woman is «managed», as well as impacting on her freedom to labour the way that comes naturally to her.

For some women, who may have underlying health problems or suffer complications during labour, a caesarean section is the only option; however, an increasing number of women are choosing to have a caesarean rather than a normal birth.

Thirty five women were transferred to hospital after the onset of labour but only 20 (12 % of those still under care at home) were in established labour when transferred (table 2).

Whereas 97 of the 162 women who spent at least part of their labour at home used nitrous oxide and oxygen during labour, only 36 used an opioid analgesic.

It might be a highly - efficient use of clinical skills if it meant that only women having problems showed up at the hospital, and there were ORs near every labouring woman.

A small percentage of women (5 - 10 %) would reach this stage, but many maternity units policy says they will induce labour before 42 weeks, so in the UK, only about 3 % of babies are born after 42 weeks of pregnancy.

Information had been collected retrospectively on a random sample of 100 women delivered outside hospital in 1983 and on all women delivered outside hospital in the region in 1988.7 Contemporaneous data were also collected on every delivery outside hospital during 1993.8 In these three studies only 53 %, 55 % (132/240), and 44 % (142/324) of women delivered outside hospital were actually booked for a home birth when labour began.

But it added: «Women need to be counselled on the unexpected emergencies — such as cord prolapse, fetal heart rate abnormalities, undiagnosed breech, prolonged labour and postpartum haemorrhage — which can arise during labour and can only be managed in a maternity hospital.

I actually ended up having an amazing labour and birth - just like these women - with only a tens machine.

Interesting only 2 of the studies in the review looked a uterine rupture — a greater risk for women who have previously laboured.

In a second subgroup analysis, we included only women whose labour was spontaneous.

If learning that certain drugs used in labour (and they are not talking only about pain relief drugs in this study) means that these drugs will be used less, then tens of thousands of women could potentially be SPARED the difficulty of low milk supply.

And while they are happy that hospital birth services exist for pregnancies with complications or if there are difficulties in labour, they believe that the hospital environment is not always the best place for a woman in normal labour to have a normal, natural birth, even if only because bright lights, clock - watching and multiple examinations are most definitely not conducive to relaxing and, you know, letting your body do its thing.

Only around three percent of women hire a doula to act as a professional labour supporter.

The 1993 Labour Party Conference introduced the rule for «women - only shortlists» in 50 % of all target seats.

Women represent 70 per cent of agricultural labour across Africa but own only 1 per cent of the land.

Harriet fought for more Labour women MPs through «women - only shortlists».

At that time, Labour had 268 MPs compared to Tory 339 MPs and she came into Parliament as one of only 10 Labour women MPs.

First elected in 1982, when only three percent of MPs were women, Harman entertains in reminiscence of Labour leader Michael Foot.

But a new Ipsos Mori survey for Mumsnet this week showed that only 29 per cent of women support the Tories, compared to a figure for Labour of 42 per cent» — Melissa Kite, Daily Mail David Cameron: we must preserve the memory of the Holocaust - Daily Telegraph

Only eight Labour women MPs voted against the attacks on lone parent benefits, with a handful of others conspicuously abstaining.

Only two new Labour women were elected (and over 30 new men), and by - election candidates replacing women were all men.

I met a former «No to AV» colleague the other day and he bemoaned the number of women - only seats being pumped out of Labour Party headquarters.

So if a single woman, or sibling in residence die they effectively only get a half allowance under Labour then?

Only seven of the party's MPs are female, and the Labour MP Angela Eagle pointed out last summer that it has as many knights on its benches as women.

«The Labour party's the only party that's delivered anything for women's equality.

Only 50 per cent of working age women are represented in the labour force globally, compared to 76 per cent of men.

Surely Abbott's TV profile, not to mention the fact she is the only woman and the only black person running, should have given her some sort of boost, if not among MPs, then among the media and Labour members?

I think it's only fair to raise the question: «how much longer will we have to wait before a woman is allowed to lead the Labour Party into a General Election?»

«Some women have raised with me that a solution to the rise in assault and harassment on public transport could be to introduce women only carriages,» said the then Labour leadership contender.

But after facing a backlash from Labour MPs including Jess Phillips and Stella Creasy, the MP for Derby North has stressed that he is not suggesting a concrete policy of women - only train carriages.

Only seven of their 57 MPs are women - just 12 %, compared with 16 % of Tory MPs who are female, and 31 % Labour.

Its report says: «The inquiry recognises that quotas in politics are not universally accepted; indeed only the Labour party has used them in the form of all - women shortlists for parliamentary selections.

It added: «Labour is the only party which takes women's representation seriously.

Brown says that he would like other parties to follow Labour, which is the only party using all - women shortlists.

Nevertheless, there were still only six women squashed onto his front bench compared to Labour's nine.

Is what happened — putting herself forward as a female candidate, only to be asked to step aside for Owen Smith — an example of Labour slipping behind the Tories on the representation of women at the highest ranks?

Alan Johnson says that he will vote for Yvette Cooper because not only is it time for Labour to have a woman leader but also because she:

In the UK, continuous monitoring is used only for women in high risk labour, but should it be used for all women in labour?

I am also planning to do OBGYN, and I'm wondering what your thoughts are about the tension between safe obstetrical care and the pressure women feel to undergo only «natural» labour, and the disappointment some people feel when they actually need an OB instead of a midwife or GP.

The patients were girls and women who endured countless hours of labour only to lose their babies and develop tears in internal organs.