Sentences with phrase «other labor interventions»

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Having some knowledge about all delivery possibilities like c - sections and other possible medical interventions will help if you are asked to make decisions while in labor.

In addition, they are typically healthy and wish to avoid routine hospital interventions or non-evidenced based practices such as being confined to a bed, not being allowed to eat or drink in labor, continuous electronic fetal monitoring, routine IV fluids, non-medically indicated (pitocin) induction, episiotomy and other common birth interventions.

It greatly reduces the pain of labor and childbirth; frequently eliminates the need for drugs; reduces the need for caesarian surgery or other doctor - controlled birth interventions; and it also shortens birthing and recovery time, allowing for better and earlier bonding with the baby, which has been proven to be vital to the mother - child bond.

You will find that most common complications of labor today are caused by the interventions designed to prevent other complications.

There are also other types of interventions that can negatively impact your birth experience such as manual breaking of the water, membrane stripping, restriction of movement during labor, IVs, other drugs, continual fetal heart monitoring, and episiotomies among others.

Similarly, research confirms that when compared to other models of maternity care, midwife - led care reduces the rates of intervention in labor [1,4,5,8,9].

She was in labor for 6 hours and delivered her baby without the aid of pain medication or any other interventions.

External cephalic version for breech presentation and a trial of labor for women with twin gestations when the first twin is in cephalic presentation are other of several examples of interventions that can contribute to the safe lowering of the primary cesarean delivery rate.

Be aware: Any type of labor induction increases the risk of cesarean delivery and other emergency interventions.

Several variables such as length of time in labor or how far labor progressed, antibiotic use, natural vs. artificial rupture of membranes, and / or other interventions that may influence the microbiome were also not examined [10].

This is no different than any other intervention used during labor.

Our classes cover the benefits and risks of common interventions such as epidurals, narcotic pain medication, labor induction and augmentation, cesarean section, episiotomy, and others.

She performs no medical procedures or obstetrics, but research has found that the presence of a doula at delivery results in easier, quicker labor, lessened need for pain medication and other medical interventions, fewer fetal problems at delivery and healthier babies.

As with other technological interventions used at the time of birth, those using active management of labor seem bent on playing down or hiding any risks and reassuring everyone that it is «safe».

A final characteristic which active management of labor shares with other forms of medicalized birth is that the intervention is primarily for the benefit of doctors and hospitals, not women.