Sentences with phrase «used by some midwives»

This is a sample list used by some midwives for the things parents will need to gather for a home birth.

Many of these are used by midwives to help keep the birth process natural and at the same time aid the women they help without the use of toxic medications or surgical interventions.

Most commonly, vaginal steaming is used by midwives for postpartum care right after a woman has a baby.

Dandelion root and nettle are both liver and blood purifiers that are traditionally used by midwives and herbalists for PUPPS.

Not exact matches

New Democrats have long been advocating for the expanded use of midwifery services across the province as we believe that midwives play an integral role in the health care system and can be of particular benefit to women, families and First Nations communities by bringing specialized maternity care to otherwise isolated areas.

They are given a package of information about various aspects of being a father — at the moment the midwives use resources produced by Working with Men to facilitate discussion with the dads, although they may also use the handouts supplied with Invisible Fathers, now they are available.

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.

Baby's heart beat can also be picked up by a doctor's stethoscope now, and not just the Doppler which your midwife uses to listen with at your antenatal appointments.

After coping by using the active birthing equipment in the room for a few hours, the midwife asked if I'd like to get in the pool.

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.

This type of fetal monitoring is most commonly used during care provided by a midwife, and usually more common in home birth and birthing center situations.

Some women may be put off by the idea of the midwife having to clean the pool and use a sieve to get rid of any excretions; however, this should not be a reason to go against the idea of a water birth as midwives are used to this and it is very common.

Similarly, Cathy Warwick, on being confronted by the reality that there are not enough staff and equipment to provide care for women in labor now declares that what midwives women really need is access to a specialized service that is appropriate for only a tiny proportion of the population and represents a dreadfully inefficient use of scarce resources.

I was swept away by the BOBB and believed I could avoid a c - section by my diet, using a midwife, by «doing everything right» and «trusting my body».

With my daughter, born in a hospital with a midwife, we used the vacuum to get her out and by that time, there was the OB, the resident, my midwife and 2 - 3 nurses.

These forms were completed by midwives using information from the woman's or baby's medical notes or computer records with assistance from neonatal unit staff.

In many parts of Europe, using a midwife has been common practice for a long time, while in the rest of the world, a midwife is much more likely to be by your side during birth than a doctor, especially if you live in a rural area.

Data from the United States Centers for Disease Control's National Center for Health Statistics birth certificate data files were used to assess deliveries by physicians and midwives in and out of the hospital for the 4 - year period from 2007 - 2010 for singleton term births (≥ 37 weeks gestation) and ≥ 2,500 grams.

For products used by special care newborns and small children, we turn to medical specialists such as pediatric gastroenterologists, neonatal physicians, midwives, pediatric nurse practitioners and Cranio Osteopaths.

Inspired by the home birth of his son (which also included a midwife and birth doula), he created The Dadvocate in 2014 to help dads (and moms) be educated and informed about the many decisions and dynamic changes that come with pregnancy and birth, all the while using humor and raw insight to show the birth world and parenthood from a dad's point of view.

Pulling on the cord was first recommended by Mauriceau in 1673, who feared that the uterus might close before the placenta was spontaneously delivered.21 In fact, the recumbent (lying) postures, increasingly adopted under doctor's care meant that spontaneous delivery of the placenta was less likely: the upright postures that women and midwives have traditionally used encourage the placenta to fall out with the help of gravity.

You can also use it as a barrier cream on baby's bum for bad nappy rash and works a treat to protect the skin while it heals, a trick I was told by my midwife.

Ergot was known to to be used by 17th and 18th century European midwives.

On my 2nd and 3rd pregnancy I used evening primrose oil taken by mouth and inserted inside next to my cervix which was suggested to me by s midwife as a method to induce labour.

The problem I see is that direct entry midwives in the United States will often attend home births that do not fit these criteria; while insisting that home birth is at least as safe as hospital birth, many will attend twin births, breech births, births after 41 weeks, births of women who have pre-existing or pregnancy - induced disease, births after two or more previous caesarean sections, and births of women whose labor has been jump - started rather than begun spontaneously (whether by herbs, prolonged nipple stimulation, the breaking of her water, or illicit use of medications).

Your midwife will also show you how to do it, or you can use a breast pump, although it's best to do it by hand for the first couple of days.

Interviews began by exploring what midwives understood by the term normal birth, participants» experience of normal birth in their daily practice as midwives, any particular challenges they experience and the strategies that they use to maintain normal birth.

Birth takes place «In'the hospital and the woman has the choice of early transfer home 6 — 12 h later where she is visited by the community midwives in the postnatal period up to ten days depending on the model being used.

Women using a midwife should make sure the professional they employ is certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board, the guidelines added.

This model is used in Australia as well, but in the US only about 12 % of births are attended by midwives, and usually with the requirement that an obstetrician is available for back up.

We were obviously tempted by the idea of using a midwife after watching Birth Story, but I adore my current doctor and couldn't imagine going through pregnancy without her.

Studies that have claimed the safety of out - of - hospital deliveries by using higher mean or high cut - off 5 min Apgar scores and reviews based on these studies should be treated with skepticism by obstetricians and midwives, by pregnant women, and by policy makers.

Midwives complete standard BCRCP forms that are the same forms as those used by hospitals throughout the province.

Even though my circumstances require me to use the hospital as my location, rather than my home or a birthing centre, I can get closer to my dream birth by exercising my right to choose a midwife over an OBGYN.

Perinatal Continuing Education Program, an educational program for physicians, nurses, nurse midwives and practitioners, respiratory therapists and all others who care for pregnant women or newborn babies, has been used by more than 150,000 health care professionals across the United States as well as by caregivers in Canada, Bosnia, Poland, Mexico and China.

He was able to help the midwife by using the doppler to listen for baby's heartbeat.

It is intended to use, after adaptation to suit local circumstances, by policy - makers and managers as well as by clinicians, midwives and nursing personnel.

We have used the term «midwifery - led» rather than «midwife - led» because we anticipated that some of the interventions, while constituting midwifery care, would involve care given by practitioners other than those holding an internationally - recognised qualification as a midwife.

The majority of parents would benefit from information awareness campaigns conveying these findings, alongside greater use of Identification and Brief Advice (IBA) interventions by hospitals, GPs and midwives in order to help parents to stop and think about how much they are drinking.

Attanasio, an assistant professor of health policy and management at UMass Amherst's School of Public Health and Health Sciences, explains that a growing body of research at the individual level has shown that compared to women cared for by physicians, women considered at low - risk for complications in childbirth who receive care from midwives have good outcomes that include lower use of interventions such as cesarean delivery.

Additionally, while it may not have a strong history of medical or clinical use, red raspberry leaf does have a long history of use by many midwives and pregnant women.

I requested the book she recommended, as well as Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin, a renowned midwife from Tennessee, and the only midwife who has a medical procedure, the Gaskin Maneuver (used in cases of shoulder distocia) named after her.

Once you have a few midwives to choose from, it's important that you pick the right one for you by using midwife interview questions.

Women that are pregnant or breastfeeding should never use any herbs unless prescribed by their naturopathic midwife.

This herb should absolutely NOT be used during pregnancy, as most herbs should never be used during pregnancy without checking with your naturopathic midwife, however it can safely be used in children by making a very weak tea.

She also used hemaplex (a supplement for healthy blood) just to be safe (suggested by her midwife).

I haven't used rapberry leaf tea much but was advised to start taking it by a midwife even though I was 38 weeks along with my 8th child.

Medical errors by the physician, nurse midwife or other medical providers responsible for the delivery of the baby may not have recognized the fact that the baby was unusually large, there were signs of fetal distress, chose not to timely order an emergency cesarean section when needed or was negligent in the use of forceps or a vacuum extractor all of which caused grave injury to the baby.

Mothers were eligible to participate if they did not require the use of an interpreter, and reported one or more of the following risk factors for poor maternal or child outcomes in their responses to routine standardised psychosocial and domestic violence screening conducted by midwives for every mother booking in to the local hospital for confinement: maternal age under 19 years; current probable distress (assessed as an Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) 17 score of 10 or more)(as a lower cut - off score was used than the antenatal validated cut - off score for depression, the term «distress» is used rather than «depression»; use of this cut - off to indicate those distressed approximated the subgroups labelled in other trials as «psychologically vulnerable» or as having «low psychological resources» 14); lack of emotional and practical support; late antenatal care (after 20 weeks gestation); major stressors in the past 12 months; current substance misuse; current or history of mental health problem or disorder; history of abuse in mother's own childhood; and history of domestic violence.

France provides free prenatal care and home visits by midwives or nurses to provide education about smoking, nutrition, alcohol and other drug use, housing, and other health - related issues.