Typically everyone is so caught up in the baby that the placenta is usually only
monitored by the midwife, doctor or nurses.
Not exact matches
This type of fetal
monitoring is most commonly used during care provided
by a
midwife, and usually more common in home birth and birthing center situations.
There is no way I would have ever been under the care of a
midwife (I was high risk all the way) but it is still terrifying knowing my sweet healthy boy could have easily been a stillbirth without all the high tech and diligent
monitoring by my medical team.
Fetal
monitoring is done
by both a
midwives and doctors at home births, birth center births or hospital births.
The Santa Cruz birth you reference (number 13) was highly
monitored AND reviewed
by local OB's and the
midwife was cleared of all fault.
As uncomfortable as I was with being categorised as «high risk» and
monitored by substance misuse specialist
midwives / social workers, I absolutely understood the need to
monitor me and my baby.
Fact: Assisted home births may be beneficial to some women with
midwives by their side; however, if you are a high risk pregnancy then you may be advised to give birth at the hospital where facilities are easily accessible to
monitor the baby.
Throughout the entire pregnancy and birth, I was carefully
monitored by an extremely competent and devoted team of
midwives, and I knew that having a home - birth was a privilege I would enjoy only if I remained a low - risk patient.
The
midwife - led continuity model of care includes: continuity of care;
monitoring the physical, psychological, spiritual and social well being of the woman and family throughout the childbearing cycle; providing the woman with individualised education, counselling and antenatal care; attendance during labour, birth and the immediate postpartum period
by a known
midwife; ongoing support during the postnatal period; minimising unnecessary technological interventions; and identifying, referring and co-ordinating care for women who require obstetric or other specialist attention.
When healthy mothers plan a home birth, they are most often cared for and
monitored by skilled
midwives.
This has included assessment of a nipple shield for PMTCT, introduction of mobile phone devices for supporting home - based perinatal care
by midwives, and development of a safety
monitoring system for low - tech human milk banks.
By booking you in early you will be able to have regular ultrasound scans and see specialist doctors and
midwives who will
monitor your condition and attend to you when labour and delivery are imminent.
Every pregnant women received care
by a
midwife including health education, physical examination and
monitoring fetal development.
A report
by the Independent
Monitoring Board for Yard's Wood in 2014 backed that up when it raised concerns that
midwives had not been allowed to visit the centre.