Partners may also bond better with
the mother during labour, because the whole experience is less stressful.
Thus, the two crucial determinants for a successful start to breastfeeding seem to be uninterrupted contact with the mother until after the first feed and no sedation of the infant by analgesics given to
the mother during labour.
Thirteen of the 31 stillbirths were born in hospital after transfer of
the mother during labour, but at least 10 fetuses were dead on arrival in hospital.
Not exact matches
Research based on the death rates of
mothers and babies
during labour and death or poor outcomes for babies in the first month after birth, and how those rates have changed over the last 200 years, since 1) Hospitals, 2) milk substitutes
Mothers who are stressed may suffer longer and more difficult
labours, higher blood pressure readings and feel permanently exhausted and overly emotional
during their pregnancies.
What no - one told me the first time, which i now tell first time
mothers, is how much the whole thing hurts — not
during the
labour, because one expects that, but afterwards, including the feeding.
I heard him talk about it, he thinks that the syntetic oxytocin given
during labour interferes with the natural production of oxytocin, not only for the
mother but for the baby as well because the syntetic oxytocin crosses the placenta and gets into the baby's circulation.
Our analysis focused on personal details of the clients, reasons for leaving care prenatally, the rates and reasons for transfer to hospital
during labour and post partum, medical interventions, health and admission to hospital of the newborn or
mother from birth up to six weeks post partum, intrapartum and neonatal mortality, and breast feeding.
After we excluded four stillborns who died before
labour but whose
mothers still chose home birth, and three babies with fatal birth defects, five deaths were intrapartum and six occurred
during the neonatal period (see box).
Healthy, term babies of low risk
mothers who were alive and well at the start of
labour and died due to unnecessary interventions
during labour, which means a normal
labour, progressing without delay or signs of foetal distress and an OB intervened «just because».
Many interventions
during labour and birth impact both the
mother and the infant.
Known as «
labour shakes» sometimes
during labour the increased level of hormones released in the body can cause the
mother's body to shake uncontrollably.
While HIV can pass from a
mother to her child
during pregnancy,
labour or delivery, and also through breast - milk, the evidence on HIV and infant feeding shows that giving antiretroviral treatment (ART) to
mothers living with HIV significantly reduces the risk of transmission through breastfeeding and also improves her health.
This includes essential care
during childbirth and in the postnatal period for every
mother and baby, including antenatal steroid injections (given to pregnant women at risk of preterm
labour to strengthen the babies» lungs), kangaroo
mother care (when the baby is carried by the
mother with skin - to - skin contact and frequent breastfeeding), and antibiotics to treat newborn infections.
Most drugs and medication do pass into the
mother's milk, but only about 1 % of it does get to the baby (we are not talking about drugs taken
during the
labour, which is a whole different story).
This therapeutic method neglects situations where a baby may have spent spent time in NICU or when a
mother or her baby have experienced interventions or complications
during pregnancy,
labour and birth.
The evidence for this theory is particularly poignant and hopeful for families where there has been a disruption in infant - caregiver bonding, for example if a
mother or parent has experienced illness, complications or trauma
during pregnancy,
labour or birth.
As an obstetrician at a London teaching hospital, Dr Gowri Motha despaired of the number of times where her medical expertise was a last resort — being called in an emergency to perform invasive forceps deliveries on terrified
mothers when a baby got «stuck»
during a laborious
labour.
11:43 - There is a moment
during labour when a
mother - to - be enters a weird mental state.
These include children whose
mothers suffered from infections such as mumps
during pregnancy, those deprived of oxygen
during labour, or infants born into families with a history of deafness.
A Doula is a person who assists women before,
during and after
labour by providing emotional and physical support and information to both the
labouring mother and her family.
She also explains the conditions we need to optimize the flow of the «ecstatic hormones» that every woman's body produces
during a natural
labour and birth, and that continue to support her
during early
mothering.
Dates fruit consumption
during late pregnancy has been shown to positively affect the outcome of
labour and delivery without adverse effect on the
mother and child.»