Sentences with phrase «midwives at appointments»

There is excellent «continuity of care,» which ensures that mothers see the same midwives at appointments and, by the time they go into labour, have established a good relationship.

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I loved that my prenatal appointments with my midwife lasted an hour at a time and never felt rushed.

At this time I had no car and would take the bus almost an hour each way to my midwives appointment.

Baby's heart beat can also be picked up by a doctor's stethoscope now, and not just the Doppler which your midwife uses to listen with at your antenatal appointments.

Obstetric led (all antenatal appointments at hospital with doctors and midwives - usually for multiples or other high risk).

If you're pregnant, especially if it's for the first time, you may be wondering what will happen at your prenatal care appointments with your doctor or midwife.

Shared care (Antenatal appointments either with GP or MW at the GP surgery, delivery by whichever midwife is on duty).

At your next prenatal appointment, your doctor or midwife may want to perform an internal vaginal exam, to check your cervix for signs of dilation and effacement.

It will be checked by your midwife at your antenatal appointments.

My saviour came in the form of a lovely midwife assistant at the clinic during Alex's newborn check up appointment.

I found this site after I started studying medicine as a much older graduate student, and was grateful for the information during my second pregnancy, which irritated the hell out of a midwife who tried those same lines at an antenatal appointment!

If you go for an appointment at your midwife's collective or birthing center, you will probably notice that it has more of a warm, family - oriented atmosphere than a sterile medical feel.

Everyone's different but you usually have a midwife booking - in appointment at around 8 - 10 weeks in the first trimester, with the first scan at 12 weeks.

I met with a midwife that I really liked and we scheduled my first prenatal appointment at 8 weeks.

And tears flowed for the whole nine months, including at every midwife, ultrasound and doppler appointment.

Remember that pain caused by your baby's movements is unlikely to be a cause for concern, however if the pain is severe and lasts for a while (even after trying the above methods) or if you have other symptoms, then be sure to contact your midwife or bring it up at your next antenatal appointment.

You need to go to all of your prenatal appointments, get (some of) the recommended testing and lab work done, and most OBs and midwives tell you that you have to get at least one anatomical ultrasound at 20 weeks.

Your midwife might mention this at your antenatal appointments, but here's what she probably won't tell you — the exams are optional, you can refuse them, and unless there seems to be a problem or you actually want to know how dilated you are, it's probably better that you do, since this invasion of your privacy can actually bring you out of your Labourland trance, making your «mammalian self» feel threatened and slowing or halting the very progress they are trying to check.

Well I took my birth plan into talk with my midwife at an early appointment and used it simply as a bullet list to remind me what I wanted to discuss.

At my previous midwife appointment, I asked her if I could get the mobile fetal monitor.

Many doctors and midwives work in larger practices where they share «call» and divide up who sees clients in labor on which days; patients may even see different providers at different prenatal and postpartum appointments.

My scans have been all fine and my midwife said I was measuring within normal range at my last appointment.

Home birth midwives typically do follow - up appointments at 24 hours, three days, one week, two weeks, four weeks and six weeks.

I have heard first - hand stories of women being denied epidurals, lied to about the effects of epidural analgesia, and not being provided with proper informed consent about the risks of going to 42 weeks at her 41 week appointment (as in, the mother wasn't told anything that was in the College of Midwives» sample consent document about increased risk of stillbirth).

And honestly, if they can't afford a hospital birth, chances are they can't afford a homebirth midwife — who are generally not cheap, who will not generally make payment arrangements (or rather, will not make the same type hospitals make, payable after the fact and in small monthly increments for years; midwife payment arrangements tend to be along the lines of «Half the fee at the first appointment, and the other half a month or two later»), and who will not deliver a baby without having been paid in full prior to onset of labor (I don't have a statistic, but it seems most midwives have this particular payment policy, and payment is non-refundable).

Your midwife will regularly check your blood pressure at antenatal appointments and if they discover you have high blood pressure they will advise you on what to do next.

You will usually be offered the blood test at your booking appointment with a midwife.

Like many women, you might be back at your OB or midwife's office next week for your second prenatal appointment.

It can use the blood that is taken from the mother when she has her first appointment with her GP or midwife at the early stages of pregnancy, negating the need for multiple appointments and making best use of resources.

At my first prenatal appointment, I wasn't disappointed, and clicked immediately with the new midwife.

At my first prenatal appointment, the midwives confirmed by ultrasound that I was due in June... our little bambini (plural for «bambino», which means «baby» in Italian) would be 20 months apart!

Midwives are trained to notice complications at each prenatal appointment so that they can discuss transferring care if needed.

At my six week postpartum appointment, I asked my midwife what had happened with my labor, and she responded that it sounded like I've had a very intense prodromal labor.

Many women who choose midwives to help them with prenatal care, labor, and delivery do so because midwives tend to spend a longer amount of time with women at each appointment.