Sentences with phrase «seeing a midwife in»

If you're seeing a midwife in a low - volume hospital practice, or planning to give birth at a birth center or at home, you're likely to have continuous one - on - one support from your midwife.

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In the early days of a pregnancy, I went to see the midwife every month.

The midwives made it just in time, and my three little ones were woken up from a sleepy stupor to see the arrival of their littlest brother a mere two minutes before his birth.

However, after being awake for only 30 minutes this morning, both kids were in tears, Ava was melting down repeatedly and, as much as I wanted to see my midwife, I didn't think a social event would be in anyone's best interest — us or anyone in attendance.

His young mind just thinks mommy / daddy is leaving... (IMO) After this fight we worked hard speaking with midwives and more experienced parents (FTM) to make this solution which works for us: 8:00 pm dinner 8:30 pm bathtime atleast 30 mins worth of play 9:00 pm dry off and last drink (milk with local honey (during teething we add chamomile per midwife's suggestions) 9:10 pm complete blackout besides one light in kitchen to be able to see bedtime storys and lullyby 9:30 pm he is out for the night.

She doesn't believe in routine circumcision, but has seen many circumcised boys in her years as a midwife, and even acted as a mohel for a while.

Then a midwife came, saw me bowling in outer desperation and took my son while I stood under the shower.

This means that when certified midwives (CMs) or certified nurse - midwives (CNMs) attended births, the outcomes were the same except that no increase in neonatal death rates were seen, or stated in another way, only was the neonatal death rate increased when studies in which uncertified midwives were included.

Recently, it is being advocated by eminent paediatric surgeons and lactation consultants who see a role for trained midwives, nurses and lactation consultants in using this simple and effective method of releasing a tight frenum that is inhibiting breastfeeding in neonates.

Midwives are in a position of oppression, facing restriction of trade, and need to improve their negotiation skills if we are going to see system - wide change.

No meds, just my midwife, husband, dogs... second time around my 2.5 year old seen his brother come into this world, and hour later we all snuggled in one bed, slept till noon.

With a mortality rate of almost 5x higher than hospital birth, this is not that far off the 6 - 8 times higher we saw for the Oregon data collection, even though the Oregon group almost surely had significantly fewer criteria for risking mothers out (no criteria in some places, I'm sure) as well as lower qualifications for the midwives as CPMs and DEMs.

Before I went to the UK in 1974, I remember reading angry articles by American midwives who could not see any reason why they could not be permitted to use outlet forceps.

The only instance I can imagine is malpractice, and at least that gets investigated properly in a hospital setting rather than swept under the rug as we see in so many US midwife cases.

My midwife told me today that there is now research that is questioning whether the peanut oil found in vitamin k injections could be linked to the high level of peanut allergies we are now seeing today.

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I told my Midwife and she didn't believe me she sent me to a lactating consultant and when I tried to show her pictures that I had taken she refused to see them instead she made me practice latching him on in front of her.

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If you decide to see a midwife, be sure to choose someone who is experienced with twins and has admitting privileges at a hospital with a level III neonatal nursery, in case of preterm delivery or other complications.

Assuming you haven't developed any complications and you've continued to see your midwife, she may end up delivering your babies as long as they're both in the optimal head - down position and your labor goes smoothly.

I can speak only for myself, but I think the one at home was sooooo much better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't have an orgasm, but I saw «a lightning» in our bedroom and I have gone to the moon — as one of the midwifes in the movie «Business of being born» says.

And, when we have a baby born very early, or with a true issue, or even if we just need some advanced assessment because of something we have identified, I hope that someday we can be seen as members of the care team, not «the rougue midwives» who bring in «all those sick babies».

Being able to see the same midwife, being offered the opportunity to give birth in a midwife led unit and being spoken to in a way they could understand, scored top.

Perhaps a debrief for every birth would be helpful — it could be part of the postnatal midwife visits — I would have liked to have seen my UK labour notes (got given a copy for free in NZ).

As epidural analgesia has been shown in randomised trials to reduce the likelihood of a normal vaginal delivery this could contribute to the variation in normal delivery rates seen.28 Indeed, medicalisation of the environment could be the dominant effect in the United Kingdom, over-riding potential benefits of continuity and «knowing your midwife.»

The midwives seek to create a bond with the mother, in that way they will see them as a friend who is there to help at any moment and to whom they can go when they feel they can not do it.

We felt extremely confident in this midwife's experience, history and abilities and didn't see any reason to interview another one.

Indeed, homebirth with an American homebirth midwife is the most dangerous form of planned birth in the US (See Homebirth kills babies, Homebirth with a direct entry midwife is th most dangerous form of planned birth, and Inexcusable homebirth death toll in Colorado keeps rising).

Your midwives saw to it that was maintained as well by not warning you that all of the data on homebirth in the US show a 3 - 8x higher risk of the baby dying in homebirth than in hospital birth.

I was still in the tub and asked the midwives if they could check me to see how I've progressed.

Sometimes I see that a husband is afraid to touch his wife's tits because of the midwife's presence, so I touch them, get in there and squeeze them, talk about how nice they are, and make him welcome.

I don't see it as midwives sitting on their hands, refusing to help save babies; rather, that they do their best, and usually are more effective than a completely untrained person would be in that situation, but that they do not have the tools to save as many babies as the doctors and nurses in the hospital would be able to.

However, I've seen occasions in which midwives will have a patient planning a home birth who has GBS and ruptured membranes without labor.

In South Carolina, a woman intending to give birth at a birth center with midwives are required to see an OB twice, at 20 weeks and 35 weeks.

In their analysis, they appear to assume that the hospital deliveries with a midwife were planned that way, but I didn't see any reference to that assumption or that fact (if the studies spelled that out).

One could speculate about differences in skill levels — the hospital midwife probably sees more deliveries, and more complicated ones, for example — but the training and registration requirements are the same.

Plus I'd seen a family member who'd had 9 home births all handled extremely well by a midwife, with only one being transferred to the hospital, early in labor.

Only when midwives and obstetricians start working in partnership, and valuing each other's roles in supporting women, do we see women offered genuine choices, and offered the best care for themselves and their unborn baby (One example of research supporting this: Colter 2014, «Midwife - Physician collaboration — a conceptual framework for inter-professional collaborative practice»).

One thing I don't see... when they refer to a hospital birth attended by a midwife, does that include births that started at home and ended up in the hospital?

A separate scenario — but one that I also struggle with — is when I see moms desperately seeking midwives in the final days or weeks of their pregnancy to take them on as a home birth patient just because that's what they want so.

I sent a text to my midwife to let her know what was going on and she texted me back saying that I should go back to sleep and call her in the morning to see how things were progressing.

You will see your own experienced midwife at each antenatal visit, usually in your home.

Continuity of carer (seeing the same doctor / midwife at each visit) is not guaranteed in the public antenatal clinic.

The hospital midwives will care for you during labour and birth and, in most cases, you may not need to see a doctor at all.

The skill of a midwife is evident when you see a father actively involved in the birthing process, perhaps a bit shaken, but present and accounted for.

The midwives won't transfer because they won't get paid, and the mother will resist transfer because she'll be painted as a failure and she sees the beautiful birth she's built up in her mind slipping from her fingers.

And none of those things even come close to what it must feel like if you are home with your laboring wife, and an incompetent midwife and suddenly the midwife starts cursing and freaking out, and you can see from where you are standing something is wrong, the baby's feet are coming first, and too much blood, and your wife is screaming in agony and you can't remember how to dial 911.....

Losing my son (3rd child) at 43 weeks during labor, was attempting a home birth vba2c, his passing was NOT due to me attempting a vaginal birth or a home birth, in fact when we attempt to have our 4th child I will be going for a vba3c, I am so supported through this by the women in my local homebirth group, it has allowed me to see the sun in the storm, I have started a charity in my sons name to help women get a doula or midwife when they would not be able to afford their services other wise.

I would love to see a system here similar to Canada, where the midwifery training includes cross-training in home, birth center, and hospital settings, allowing midwives to care for women in all locales.

And more importantly, rather than just comparing home vs hospital overall, it compared midwife - led vs OB - led births at home vs hospital (as you should well know, in the Netherlands, low - risk women see a midwife, full stop — you have to be high - risk to see an OB, so hospital births are a combination of low - risk women under midwife care and high - risk women under OB care).