Sentences with phrase «support physiological birth»

There is a need for midwives to support physiological birth as autonomous professionals who can identify when complications do arise in order to involve obstetricians within their own field of expertise.

Their approach, opposite to that of the United States, is to support physiological birth, allowing labor to begin and progress in its own time, and intervening only when necessary» (Block, 2007)»

Midwives are experts in supporting the physiological birth process: monitoring you and your baby during labor, helping you into positions that help labor progress, protecting your pelvic parts from damage while you push, and «catching» the baby from the position that's most effective and comfortable for you — hands and knees, squatting, even standing — not the position most comfortable for her.

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Twelve critical success factors, including «the right attitude, focus, leadership, teamwork, support, and a personal and financial commitment to best practice and continuous quality improvement,» were identified, based on practices at four Ontario hospitals with comparatively low caesarean rates.19 The «right attitude» included taking pride in a low caesarean rate, developing a culture of birth as a normal physiological process, and having a commitment to one to one supportive care during active labour.

The Farm has really become a staple of the greater birth community, not only as a safe haven that honors and supports normal physiological birth, but as one that is willing to learn from and collaborate with the medical community at large so that birthing women can receive the best possible care.

provide comfort with numerous pain - relief techniques that help reduce anxiety and fear, support physical and emotional relaxation, promote an uncomplicated physiological birth, and facilitate a positive birth environment.

Doulas can provide comfort with numerous pain - relief techniques that help reduce anxiety and fear, support physical and emotional relaxation, promote an uncomplicated physiological birth, and facilitate a positive birth environment.

The contributors describe examples of maternity services from both developing countries and wealthy industrialized democracies that apply the latest scientific evidence to support and facilitate normal, physiological birth; deal appropriately with complications; and generate excellent birth outcomes — including psychological satisfaction for the mother.

Yet I could give you a list, too, of complications and injuries, and yes even death, that would not have occurred without the routine interference, over-medicalization, and refusal to support normal physiological birth that is the norm in hospitals.