Home visitation programs often connect pregnant women to prenatal services to ensure
a safe labor and delivery outcome for both the newborn and the mother.
Together with Mae Tao Clinic, we are determined to improve access to prenatal care,
safe labor and delivery, and postpartum care for new mothers and their babies.
Home visitation programs often connect pregnant women to prenatal services to ensure
a safe labor and delivery outcome for both the newborn and the mother.
It doesn't tell you anything about how
safe labor and delivery is.
Not exact matches
Her goal has been helping Haitian women have healthier pregnancies, supported
labors,
and safer deliveries.
The evidence is that c - sections are
safer for babies than vaginal
deliveries are,
and that planned, pre-
labor c - sections — as opposed to emergency, during -
labor c - sections — are as
safe for the mother as vaginal births are.
This might seem counter-intuitive to some, but because I believe my loss was due to pre-term
labor,
and I was already within «
safe»
delivery dates, I assumed everything else would go smoothly.
This past June, HMN issued a press release to call attention to the American Medical American Association's adoption of Resolution 205, which states that hospitals
and hospital birthing centers are «the
safest settings» for
labor and delivery, despite strong evidence to the contrary.
In 2014, ACOG (The American College of Obstetrics
and Gynecologists)
and The Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine released an extensive evidenced - based journal titled
Safe Prevention of the Primary Cesarean, in which they stated that «one of the most effective tools to improve
labor and delivery outcomes is the continuous presence of support personnel, such as a doula.»
*» Natural Hospital Birth» by Cynthia Gabriel (required for certification) * «The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth» by Henci Goer * «Gentle Birth Choices» by Barbara Harper * «A Good Birth, a
Safe Birth» by Diana Korte
and Roberta Scaer * «Birth Reborn» by Michel Odent, MD * «The Birth Partner» by Penny Simkin * «Unassisted Childbirth» by Laura Shanley * «Birthing From Within» by Pam England * «Active Birth» by Janet Balaskas * «Pregnancy, Childbirth
and the Newborn» by Simkin, Whaley
and Keppler «New Natural Pregnancy» by Janet Balaskas «Women Giving Birth» by Limberg
and Smulders «Special
Delivery» by Rahima Baldwin «Waterbirth: A Midwife's Perspective» by Susan Napierala * «Back
Labor No More» by Janie King «The Complete Book of Pregnancy
and Childbirth» by Sheila Kitzinger «Mothering the Mother» by Marshall
and Phyllis Klaus «Nurturing Touch at Birth: A
Labor Support Handbook» by Paulina Perez «The Birth Book» by Martha
and William Sears * «The Scientification of Love» by Michel Odent, MD * «The Farmer
and the Obstetrician» by Michel Odent, MD
During
labor and delivery, the doctors
and nurses are focused on ensuring a
safe birth for both mom
and baby.
To guard against accidents,
and maybe to slow the trickle of rising home births, the AMA issued a resolution in June, saying that «the
safest setting for
labor and delivery is a hospital.»
ACOG recommends that a hospital or birthing center within a hospital complex are the «
safest setting» for
labor and delivery.
Guidelines for Perinatal Care published by the American Academy of Pediatrics
and ACOG state that the hospital, including a birthing center within the hospital complex, or a freestanding birthing center, provides the
safest setting for
labor,
delivery,
and the postpartum period.
External cephalic version for breech presentation
and a trial of
labor for women with twin gestations when the first twin is in cephalic presentation also can contribute to the
safe lowering of the primary cesarean
delivery rate.
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.
Each relapse in the medically managed group accounted for an additional five days in hospital.Surgical management of symptomatic cholelithiasis in pregnancy is
safe, decreases days in hospital,
and reduces the rate of
labor induction
and preterm
deliveries.
This could affect the progress of
labor and a
safe delivery too.
In 2008, the American Medical Association passed Resolution 205, which states, «the
safest setting for
labor,
delivery and the immediate post-partum period is in a hospital or a birthing center within a hospital.»
Her book The Best Birth: Your Guide to the
Safest, Healthiest, Most Satisfying
Labor and Delivery, brought national attention to her Bay Area classes with individuals
and hospitals across the country asking for McMoyler Methodology.
I believe that her RN credential
and her hospital
Labor &
Delivery experience, which she often mentioned, gave most parents a sense that she was a
safer choice.]
Also called prenatal classes, these pregnancy courses teach couples how to ensure a
safe, healthy pregnancy
and about what they can expect to happen during
labor and delivery.
In describing active management, one of its practitioners says: «Twelve hours is considered the maximum
safe duration of spontaneous
labor and cesarean section is performed unless
delivery is imminent at that time» (O'Herlihy).
The American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists advocates offering external cephalic version to patients with fetal malpresentation.20 Because attempted external cephalic versions were not captured in the Consortium on
Safe Labor data, we could draw no conclusions about their effect on the primary cesarean
delivery rate.
Among the 91,208 primiparous women in the Consortium on
Safe Labor database, 28,116 had a cesarean
delivery and 63,092 had a vaginal
delivery; thus, the primary cesarean
delivery rate for primiparous women was 30.8 % (28,116 out of 91,208).
The obstetricians organization's policy is that hospitals including birthing centers are «the
safest setting for
labor,
delivery and the immediate postpartum period.»
Currently, caregivers receive
safe sleep information during prenatal classes
and in
labor and delivery units at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
and other hospitals.
Professionals educate
and facilitate group discussions on maternal
and infant health topics including breastfeeding, child development, family planning, goal setting,
labor &
delivery, positive parenting,
safe sleep,
and more.