Not exact matches
Education
during pregnancy rarely has anything serious to do with breastfeeding, and since breastfeeding is perceived by most pre-parenthood
women to be a natural, instinctive thing instead
of a learned behavior (on both mom &
baby's part) if it doesn't go absolutely perfectly from the first moments they may feel something is wrong with THEM and clam up about it while quietly giving the
baby the hospital - offered bottle along with the bag
of formula samples they give out «just in case» even if you explicitly tell them you're breastfeeding (which was my experience with my firstborn in 2004 and one
of the many highly informed reasons I chose to
birth my next two at home).
is that
women be respected as full, empowered participants in their pregnancies and
births; that
babies be born into an atmosphere
of love and reverence; that midwifery be recognized as the standard
of care for all healthy
women during the childbearing year; and that midwives support each other with as much passion as they support their clients, lifting each other up to maintain and improve the quality
of care provided to birthing
women and their families
A
woman who is well - supported
during the
birth of her
baby, is more likely to feel satisfied with this life transforming experience.
Having a trained support person devoted to a birthing mother's emotional and physical care
during the
birth process makes a difference - no matter what kind
of birth the
woman envisions or how the
baby is born.
Most moms do what «sbest for their kids.And yes, there are
women out there who legitimately can not bf, so formula is a WONDERFUL choice for them.I exclusively bf both
of mine, but think it's okay to ff if you don't have enough milk.there are other situations where i think it's selfish.As for drugs
during pregnancy and
birth, I had to take 3 doses
of medication while pregnant so that I could eat.my morning sickness was so bad I couldn't even keep water down.I made the choice to do that so I didn't starve my unborn child, but I only took what was neccessary to keep something down, and then had no other drugs and plan not to until my son is done bf.And as for the «natural»
baby, carcinogens are EVERYWHERE, even in your organic food.in this industrialized world you can not get away from them, and to attack other moms for their choices is a sad statement
of your morality and on how your child's persoality is going to turn out.also, having multiple kids is definately more demanding than one.
I am a certified
birth doula through DONA and have been supporting
women during birth since 2012 (longer, if you count the time I assisted my cousin with the
birth of her third
baby!).
It is the case that most
women are eager to shed the pounds they put on
during pregnancy after they have their
baby, which is why we have compiled the following guide to provide you with information about starting exercise after giving
birth and outline some
of the best exercises and activities to lose weight gradually and safely after giving
birth.
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.
Research to be presented at The American College
of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Session this month (March, 2018) shows
women with normal blood pressure
during pregnancy and who breastfed their
babies for at least six months following
birth had better markers
of cardiovascular health years later compared to
women who never breastfed.
According to PATTCh, a
birth trauma organization co-founded by noted childbirth author Penny Simkin, a traumatic
birth is defined as one in which a
woman experiences or perceives that she and / or her
baby were in danger
of injury or death to
during childbirth.
Dad catching
baby along with Dr. Lauren Feingold
of Women's Health Partners
during parents second
birth at Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
Infant mortality includes all deaths up to 1 year
of age (such as accidents, illnesses etc) and so tells us nothing about the care provided to
women and fetuses /
babies during pregnancy and
birth.
Her inappropriate description
of how she handles certain
births, whether she actually sexually stimulates
women at all
during birth, is entirely inappropriate for any person caring for a
woman delivering a
baby.
And most
women would prefer a normal
birth to a caesarean; after a normal
birth the cessation
of pain coincides with the
baby's arrival, whereas caesareans are pain free
during, and painful after.
The FACT is... more
women DO die in hospital
births (from things that could be prevented, or from unnecessary interventions) than in home
births, and that
women were NOT «dying in droves» from home
births back in the day... death
during birth was fairly uncommon until
women were forced into dirty
birth centers with doctors knocking them out and delivering their
babies without being held to any sanitation standards because promiscuity was on the rise and we had to keep the «dirty
women» separate from the rest
of the hospital.
The focus
of a
birth center is natural childbirth, which means that
women are moving around freely
during labor, eating if they are hungry, availing themselves
of comfort as needed (massage, compresses, visualization, and relaxation techniques), and generally allowed to have their
babies their way.
Childbirth in a medical
birth center means that a
woman has access to pain medication
during her labor and delivery if she chooses to avail herself
of it, labor will be induced if the doctor doesn't feel it is going along as it should, and the mom will be hooked up to an electronic
baby monitor for the entire process.
You have a higher chance
of complications
during labor and
birth than a
woman delivering a single
baby, so you should plan to deliver in a hospital.
Any
woman who gives
birth - in any way possible - is mothering
during the arrival
of her
baby - yielding and flexing, enduring and responding to the situations as they arise.
Meaning, for every 10,000
births of low risk
women, there are 6 - 7
babies that die in the USA
during planned, midwife - attended home
births that would have lived if the mothers were giving
birth at home in the Netherlands.
Here are the mortality rates (excluding lethal anomalies) for
babies born to low risk
women that were confirmed to be alive at the start
of labor but die either
during birth (intrapartum) or in the first week
of life (early neonatal):
Another study looked at
women who used the hands and knees position intermittently
during labor and found that it didn't significantly reduce the number
of babies who were posterior at
birth.
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 %).
Over the whole 14 years the risk
of death
during delivery or in the first four weeks
of life in a
baby of normal
birth weight and without a lethal malformation was higher in those born to the small group
of women who had booked for home delivery.
These include a three-fold increase in miscarriage risk in early pregnancy compared to
women without PCOS, gestational diabetes (diabetes
during pregnancy) which can lead to large
babies, preeclampsia which is characterized by sudden elevated blood pressure and body swelling after the 20th week
of pregnancy, preterm
birth, and C - section delivery.
Mood disorders such as depression and anxiety can present
during pregnancy or after
birth and may develop quite suddenly or more gradually over several months: The passing «
baby blues», where you are weepy for no apparent reason in the days following the
birth (typically between the third and fifth day after delivery), affect up to 80 per cent
of women.
«
During the most intimate time of their life, women need support beyond what their doctors, and often their husbands, can offer during labor and delivery,» says Leslie Ludka, M.S.N., senior technical advisor at the American College of Nurse - Midwives and a certified nurse - midwife who has attended the births of nearly 4,000 b
During the most intimate time
of their life,
women need support beyond what their doctors, and often their husbands, can offer
during labor and delivery,» says Leslie Ludka, M.S.N., senior technical advisor at the American College of Nurse - Midwives and a certified nurse - midwife who has attended the births of nearly 4,000 b
during labor and delivery,» says Leslie Ludka, M.S.N., senior technical advisor at the American College
of Nurse - Midwives and a certified nurse - midwife who has attended the
births of nearly 4,000
babies.
Afterwards, the
women received an educational booklet on the intervention, in Arabic and French, containing illustrations and information on: the benefits
of breast milk, the importance
of skin - to - skin contact immediately after
birth, the importance
of early breastfeeding and giving colostrum to the
baby, the criteria
of good positioning for corrective breast - taking, the signs
of effective suckling, the signs
of effective breastfeeding for the first six months, on - demand breastfeeding and its daily frequency, breastfeeding accessories, techniques for collecting and storing breast milk, and questions and answers about different maternal concerns (depression, hygiene, nipple pain, quantity
of milk produced, duration and number
of feedings, mixed feeding, diet to be followed
during breastfeeding, mothers» illness and breastfeeding, weaning
of the
baby, etc..)
«The Ring
of Fire» can be defined by a burning sensation that some
women describe
during a drug - free
birth when
baby's head crowns.
Women with normal blood pressure during pregnancy and who breastfed their babies for at least six months following birth had better markers of cardiovascular health years later compared to women who never breastfed, based on research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Ses
Women with normal blood pressure
during pregnancy and who breastfed their
babies for at least six months following
birth had better markers
of cardiovascular health years later compared to
women who never breastfed, based on research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Ses
women who never breastfed, based on research presented at the American College
of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Session.
Doctors recommend that pregnant
women should stick to healthy diets
during the entire pregnancy period because healthy diets result in fewer pregnancy complications.What's more, healthy diets also reduce chances
of having
birth defects in
babies.
There are several ways to look after the health and well - being
of women and
babies during pregnancy,
birth and afterwards — these ways are called «models
of care».
In the U.S. one out
of ten
babies are big at
birth, but a national survey found that one in three
women were told
during pregnancy that their
baby was too big for a vaginal
birth.
This support is greatly strengthened if the
woman has the opportunity to meet the same midwife throughout her pregnancy and
during and after the
birth of her
baby.
A 2005 study conducted in India and published in the Journal
of Alternative and Complementary Medicine found that
women who regularly practiced yoga
during pregnancy were less likely to have preterm labor or to deliver a low -
birth weight
baby.
You simply can not expect those
of us who have experienced true
birth trauma - and continue to experience it every day because we are in chronic pain due to our injuries or because we are now unable to have more children or because something happened to our
babies during delivery - to even attempt to be supportive
of women complain about a traumatic
birth even though they can go on their merry way, totally healthy with totally healthy
babies.
If certain levels
of vitamins and nutrients are not present in a
woman's body
during pregnancy, her
baby may suffer debilitating
birth defects, low
birth weight, or irregular development.
In a culture where hospital birthing is the norm, we assume that all
births go well there, no injury or death occurs
during childbirth, however this is untrue and many
women and
babies are harmed because
of overuse
of interventions like induction, epidural and cesarean.
If you quit smoking before you become pregnant (or
during the first 3 months
of your pregnancy), your risk
of having a
baby with low
birth weight is the same as that
of a
woman who does not smoke.
And an analysis
of 12,069
women found that
women who smoked pot and cigarettes
during pregnancy were more likely to have
babies with smaller heads and low
birth weight than
woman who just smoked cigarettes (though the risk was high for
women who smoked cigarettes too).
He said the training
of the TBAs covered several areas including protecting the health
of mother and
baby, care
of women during pregnancy and child
birth, treatment
of complications due to miscarriage and or unsafe abortion, pre-pregnancy advice and health education, care
of new born, among others.
While
babies»
birth weights were similar in fasting and non-fasting Saudi
women, the placentas
of women who had fasted
during the second or third trimester were 3 per cent lighter than average when the child was a boy and 1.5 per cent lighter for girls (Placenta, DOI: 10.1016 / j.placenta.2010.04.010).
The researchers asked the couples to complete their own time diaries for a workday and a non-workday
during the third trimester
of the
woman's pregnancy and about three months after the
baby's
birth.
Using a mouse model
of HSV - 1 as well as autopsied samples
of human adult and fetal tissues, investigators from Dartmouth College's Geisel School
of Medicine found that antibodies against HSV - 1 produced by adult
women or female mice could travel to the nervous systems
of their yet unborn
babies, preventing the development and spread
of infection
during birth.
Pregnant
women with high levels
of BPA in their blood
during their first trimester were more likely to have
baby girls with low
birth weights
Women with normal blood pressure during pregnancy and who breastfed their babies for at least six months following birth had better markers of cardiovascular health years later compared to women who never breastfed, based on research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Ses
Women with normal blood pressure
during pregnancy and who breastfed their
babies for at least six months following
birth had better markers
of cardiovascular health years later compared to
women who never breastfed, based on research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Ses
women who never breastfed, based on research presented at the American College
of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Session.
Congenital Zika virus syndrome — a pattern
of birth defects found among fetuses and
babies infected with the virus — is a newly identified condition that occurs when
women are infected
during pregnancy.
Instead
of enrolling 45,000
babies at
birth and the same number before
birth, the panel calculated the study could enroll 95,000 mothers
during pregnancy for the same cost — if it dropped plans for separate studies
of 10,000
women.
Women who gained more than 24 kilograms
during a pregnancy (which occurred in about 12 percent
of pregnancies) added an average
of 147.4 additional grams to their
baby's
birth weight than those who gained about 7.5 to 10 kilograms.
Some theories speculate that
women who give
birth vaginally are better able to bond with their
babies, due to the rush
of hormones that occurs
during the process.