Sentences with phrase «week after cesarean»

Only on the third day after a natural birth and a week after Cesarean Section, there is a real, as doctors say, mature milk, which will become food for your newborn.

Most women can safely perform a low - impact activity one to two weeks after a vaginal birth (or three to four weeks after a cesarean birth).

Not exact matches

After watching the live cesarean birth on the TODAY show last week and then the commercial for Jennifer Lopez's new movie The Back - Up Plan during the Superbowl *, I've been thinking a lot about the way childbirth is portrayed in popular culture — on TV and in the movies — and how that influences us.

Some doctors and midwives only allow a trial of labor after cesarean if labor starts naturally by 38 (or 39, 40 or 41 weeks.)

After refusing a planned cesarean for suspected macrosomia based on a 38 week ultrasound estimate of fetal weight, she gave birth vaginally to a healthy baby and later found that the midwives model of care better met her needs as a pregnant woman.

After watching the live cesarean birth on the TODAY show last week and then the commercial for Jennifer Lopez's new movie, The Back - Up Plan, during the Superbowl, I've been thinking a lot about the way childbirth is portrayed in popular culture - on TV and in the movies - and how that influences us.

I am 8 weeks postpartum after a cesarean, and I had (still have sometimes) very itchy skin on my stomach.

For best effects, the hips need to be bound the first week postpartum after a vaginal delivery and within 4 to 6 weeks postpartum after a cesarean section.

In patients after 28 weeks of gestation with an intrauterine fetal demise and a prior cesarean scar, cervical ripening with a transcervical Foley catheter has been associated with uterine rupture rates comparable with spontaneous labor (106, 114, 149, 150), and this may be a helpful adjunct in patients with an unfavorable cervical examination.

Urinary incontinence (UI) has an effect on quality of life during the postpartum period.1, 2 Fear of UI is one of the most common reasons for maternal demand for cesarean delivery.3, 4 The muscle strength of the pelvic floor returns to the antepartum value 6 — 10 weeks postpartum in most women.5, 6 However, UI symptoms after delivery do not resolve in the long term in some women.7, 8 Studies have variously concluded that the prevalence of UI changed9 or did not change within 6 months or 1 year postpartum.10, 11 A higher prevalence or incidence of UI has been observed in women who had a vaginal delivery than in women who underwent cesarean delivery.10 — 18 In contrast, a recent study found that vaginal delivery was not associated with postpartum UI.19 The long - term protective effect of cesarean delivery has not been determined.20 Validated and reliable questionnaires to evaluate UI, including severity and quality of life, are needed for postpartum evaluation.21 However, comparisons of UI severity and the effect on daily life between women who have had vaginal and cesarean deliveries are scarce.22

No association between vaginal delivery and interference with daily life was observed after 6 weeks, which supports a previous study.22 Additionally, the prevalence of moderate or severe UI in the vaginal delivery group was higher than that in the cesarean delivery group at 3 — 5 days, perhaps because pelvic floor muscle strength is significantly reduced at 3 — 8 days after vaginal delivery, but this is not the case after cesarean delivery.6

And so, after suffering a neurological catastrophe, being declared dead, still having to endure several weeks of pregnancy, then giving birth via cesarean section, the patient can still be rolled off to have her organs removed.

«Induced labor after 39 weeks in healthy women may reduce the need for cesarean birth: More information is needed before changes to clinical practice are made.»