Sentences with phrase «woman during labour»

A midwife cares for the woman during labour and birth referring to a doctor if there are any deviations from the norm or in the case of an emergency.

Epidural Anaesthesia is an effective and popular form of pain relief for women during labour and childbirth.

The New Zealand College of Midwives (Inc) supports warm water immersion for women during labour as a method of pain management.

Not exact matches

The IMF staff report on Canada raises an issue that I wrote about during the election campaign: the unacceptably large gap — 10 percentage points — between the labour - force participation rates of men and women.

Fathers are often the main support for women during the first hours of labour when they are typically advised to stay at home.

When I was expecting my 2nd child I had a book on pregnancy and childbirth, which contained photographs of women in labour and during childbirth.

Infants of women who were referred to secondary care during labour had a 3.66 times higher risk of delivery related perinatal death than did infants of women who started labour in secondary care (relative risk 3.66, 1.58 to 8.46)...

The other four women were referred during labour from primary to secondary care because of meconium stained liquor.

Many women have no problems during their labour but complications are fairly common; in most cases, these can be treated very quickly and effectively.

Dr. Shah's article stems from the United Kingdom's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) new set of guidelines, published in December 2014, which offer evidence - based advice for the care of pregnant women and babies during labour and immediately after birth.

Faster recovery: women who have had a natural birth often recover quicker than those who have had caesarean sections or taken medication during labour.

If you were planning to have a natural birth but change your mind during labour, you shouldn't feel disappointed or guilty; although most women are told about the pain caused by labour, nothing can prepare you for the actual feeling and if you can't handle the pain without a little help this is completely normal.

For some women, who may have underlying health problems or suffer complications during labour, a caesarean section is the only option; however, an increasing number of women are choosing to have a caesarean rather than a normal birth.

The majority of women birthing in hospital will receive syntocinon intramuscularly during the third stage of labour to help expel the placenta.

Transfers during labour or immediately after birth among healthy women with low risk pregnancies by their planned place of birth at start of care in labour.

All women attended by an NHS midwife during labour in their planned place of birth, for any amount of time, were eligible for inclusion with the exception of women who had an elective caesarean section or caesarean section before the onset of labour, presented in preterm labour (< 37 weeks» gestation), had a multiple pregnancy, or who were «unbooked» (that is, received no antenatal care).

The study was a prospective cohort study with planned place of birth at the start of care in labour as the exposure (home, freestanding midwifery unit, alongside midwifery unit, or obstetric unit).12 Women were included in the group in which they planned to give birth at the start of care in labour regardless of whether they were transferred during labour or immediately after birth.

«If a woman is relaxed during her nine months, then she's much more likely to have an easier labour.»

One woman in every three reported that tests and procedures were carried out during labour and birth without their consent.

Two thirds of the women thought they had not been offered any option about place of birth, 74 (29 %) were referred to hospital for delivery before the onset of labour, and 35 (14 %) were referred to hospital during labour.

Whereas 97 of the 162 women who spent at least part of their labour at home used nitrous oxide and oxygen during labour, only 36 used an opioid analgesic.

Dr Motha, who's comitted to encouraging women to opt for natural births and self - hypnosis techniques during labour, hailed the project as a great success.

A doula is a trained labour companion offering continuous emotional and practical support to a woman (or couple) before, during and after childbirth.

Oxytocin helps women get through labour by stimulating uterine contractions, which is why it's sometimes administered (as Pitocin) during labor.

The risk in the UK and other developed countries of women dying during labour is very small, as there is always expert medical attention available.

Women who have been traumatised are finding their voice, as in this recent article, in which several women, including Toni Harman from One World Birth, speak about the terrible treatment they suffered during labour and birth, including being shouted at, having their wishes ignored or belittled, and feeling as if they were being rWomen who have been traumatised are finding their voice, as in this recent article, in which several women, including Toni Harman from One World Birth, speak about the terrible treatment they suffered during labour and birth, including being shouted at, having their wishes ignored or belittled, and feeling as if they were being rwomen, including Toni Harman from One World Birth, speak about the terrible treatment they suffered during labour and birth, including being shouted at, having their wishes ignored or belittled, and feeling as if they were being raped.

Women who received IV fluids during labour had higher levels of edema postpartum and rated their breasts as firmer as and more tender than women who did not receive IV flWomen who received IV fluids during labour had higher levels of edema postpartum and rated their breasts as firmer as and more tender than women who did not receive IV flwomen who did not receive IV fluids.

T. Hale, «The Effects on Breastfeeding Women of Anaesthetic Medications Used During Labour,» The Passage to Motherhood Conference, Brisbane, Australia (1998),

According to a 2013 Cochrane Database Systematic Review, «continuous support during labour has clinically meaningful benefits for women and infants and no known harm.

Sometimes, if there is a setback during labour, the dimensions of the woman's pelvis can be measured to determine if CPD is causing the problem.

Information had been collected retrospectively on a random sample of 100 women delivered outside hospital in 1983 and on all women delivered outside hospital in the region in 1988.7 Contemporaneous data were also collected on every delivery outside hospital during 1993.8 In these three studies only 53 %, 55 % (132/240), and 44 % (142/324) of women delivered outside hospital were actually booked for a home birth when labour began.

Estimates of the numbers of women booked for home birth but delivering in hospital were even more difficult to obtain because hospital records do not always specify this information accurately and no national estimate exists.1 4 Data collected in this region in 1983 suggested that 35 % of these women changed to hospital based care either before or during labour, and a more detailed prospective study of all planned home births in 1993 found a total transfer rate of 43 %.8 Women were classified as having booked for a home birth when a community midwife had accepted a woman for home delivery and had this arrangement accepted by her manager and supervisor of midwives at any stage in pregnancy, irrespective of any later change of women booked for home birth but delivering in hospital were even more difficult to obtain because hospital records do not always specify this information accurately and no national estimate exists.1 4 Data collected in this region in 1983 suggested that 35 % of these women changed to hospital based care either before or during labour, and a more detailed prospective study of all planned home births in 1993 found a total transfer rate of 43 %.8 Women were classified as having booked for a home birth when a community midwife had accepted a woman for home delivery and had this arrangement accepted by her manager and supervisor of midwives at any stage in pregnancy, irrespective of any later change of women changed to hospital based care either before or during labour, and a more detailed prospective study of all planned home births in 1993 found a total transfer rate of 43 %.8 Women were classified as having booked for a home birth when a community midwife had accepted a woman for home delivery and had this arrangement accepted by her manager and supervisor of midwives at any stage in pregnancy, irrespective of any later change of Women were classified as having booked for a home birth when a community midwife had accepted a woman for home delivery and had this arrangement accepted by her manager and supervisor of midwives at any stage in pregnancy, irrespective of any later change of plan.

During that time the death rate in labour or the neonatal period in non-malformed babies of normal birth weight born to women booked for a home delivery (those deaths most capable of reduction by high quality care during labour) was as low as the regional figure for all other such losses (0.05 % v 0.During that time the death rate in labour or the neonatal period in non-malformed babies of normal birth weight born to women booked for a home delivery (those deaths most capable of reduction by high quality care during labour) was as low as the regional figure for all other such losses (0.05 % v 0.during labour) was as low as the regional figure for all other such losses (0.05 % v 0.11 %).

Perinatal loss to the 64 women who booked for hospital delivery but delivered outside and to the 67 women who delivered outside hospital without ever making arrangements to receive professional care during labour accounted for the high perinatal mortality (134 deaths in 3466 deliveries) among all births outside hospital.

Women using hypnobirthing report needing little or no pain relief during labour and their babies are born calm and alert.

And if the reason is to stimulate bowl movement... some women are already worried about passing a bowl movement during labour... Raspberry leaf tea is not intended to induce labour, it's for the conditioning of the uterus before and after birth, it simply helps it retract and gain it's health.

This includes essential care during childbirth and in the postnatal period for every mother and baby, including antenatal steroid injections (given to pregnant women at risk of preterm labour to strengthen the babies» lungs), kangaroo mother care (when the baby is carried by the mother with skin - to - skin contact and frequent breastfeeding), and antibiotics to treat newborn infections.

But it added: «Women need to be counselled on the unexpected emergencies — such as cord prolapse, fetal heart rate abnormalities, undiagnosed breech, prolonged labour and postpartum haemorrhage — which can arise during labour and can only be managed in a maternity hospital.

It is not true that babies move less often towards the end of pregnancy, a woman should feel their baby move right up to the time of labour, and during labour too.

There appeared to be little encouragement for women to develop or investigate alternatives both antenatally and during labour and birth.

The midwife - led continuity model of care includes: continuity of care; monitoring the physical, psychological, spiritual and social well being of the woman and family throughout the childbearing cycle; providing the woman with individualised education, counselling and antenatal care; attendance during labour, birth and the immediate postpartum period by a known midwife; ongoing support during the postnatal period; minimising unnecessary technological interventions; and identifying, referring and co-ordinating care for women who require obstetric or other specialist attention.

The midwife is recognised as a responsible and accountable professional who works in partnership with women to give the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, to conduct births on the midwife's own responsibility and to provide care for the newborn and the infant.

Decision - making during labour and the use of interventions were not significant elements of the childbirth experience when women were confronted with scenario choices.

I feel that women and their partners do much better with privacy and intimacy during the birth process and that, my role is to sometimes protect that privacy and intimacy first of all by educating them that that might be really important and to talk about you know the effect both positive and negative about um, support during that time can be or even just letting people know hey, we're in labour, the Facebook kind of thing but you know keep it quiet, keep it down, don't fritter the energy away by drawing other people to it or drawing the expectation that something's happening rather than just letting something evolve... I think guarding the space by keeping the space as calm and quiet and private as possible is key and giving people tools to do that during the prenatal time to deal with over eager family members or friends.

Some cultures (I'm most familiar with Ethiopian and Sudanese women in this context) expect women to be as quiet as possible during labour, and making a lot of noise is seen as being childish and uncalled for.

Do not forget that you are looking at Homebirth within a very specific cultural milieu, that of predominantly white, well off women in developed countries, a culture where pregnant women expect to be the centre of attention during labour and delivery, and to be in control of every aspect of their lives.

«Additionally, these women reported that they were less likely to feel that they were treated with respect and talked to in a way they understood by staff during pregnancy, labour and birth, and postnatal care.

We excluded women who required oxytocin for induction of labour after the 2:1 matching with our study group, because we learned during the study that the policy with respect to the use of oxytocin for induction of labour was outside the scope of practice for midwives and family physicians in some hospitals.

A study by Hildingsson et al. (2011) found that labour induction was associated with a less positive birth experience, and women who were induced were more likely to be frightened that their baby would be damaged during birth.

However, women who were referred during labour were not analysed separately in this study, and no comparison was made with high risk pregnancies in secondary care.