Sentences with phrase «managed labour and birth»

«I was induced at 35 weeks with my first set of twins because I had pre-eclampsia, so I had a very medically managed labour and birth, but I felt happy, safe and comfortable throughout.

Not exact matches

What is not yet clear is the relative contribution to birth outcomes of health professionals» attitudes, continuity of carer, midwife managed or community based care, and implementation of specific practices (such as continuous emotional and physical support throughout labour, use of immersion in water to ease labour pain, encouraging women to remain upright and mobile, minimising use of epidural analgesia, and home visits to diagnose labour before admission to birth centre or 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.

I managed to have another natural drug free birth, and I was defeated for a few days with how I acted, until my midwife kicked my butt and told me to kick that labour's ass with the next one.

Seven key themes were identified in the data: working with women from the early pregnancy, informing choice, the birth environment, careful watching and waiting, managing early labour, helping the woman to cope with labour, and tools in the tool kit.