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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE, 2007) Intrapartum guidelines state that during the first stage of labour women should be encouraged to adopt the position they feel most comfortable in. This is what the student was trying to encourage even though her mentor did not.There are various positions the woman can adopt in labour which are generally grouped into upright and recumbent. The positions classed as upright are; standing, walking, kneeling, squatting, on all fours and sitting, and the recumbent position could include; supine, lithotomy, semi-recumbent or side lying (Johnson and Taylor, 2011). The upright position appeared to be more beneficial in Sarah’s case and the author wants to determine if this is always the case. It is evident that sometimes there will be constraints such as continuous fetal monitoring but it is important that the midwife does

Childbirth is one of the greatest privileges on the earth anyone could have and we, as women, should feel proud to be major contributors for it. Thus, a mother has to play a key role in aiding the healthcare workers to mitigate the health crisis associated with childbirth by performing her duties faithfully. One such associated health crisis is “Premature (preterm) birth” which occurs when the baby is born too early, before 37 weeks of gestational period (CDC, 2015). The rate of preterm birth ranges from 5% to 18% of babies born across 184 countries (WHO, 2015).

For hundred of years, women have wrestled with their womanhood, bodies, and what it means to be a woman in our society. Being a woman comes with a wonderful and empowering responsibility--giving birth. What sets us aside from other countries is that the process and expectations of giving birth has changed in our society; coming from midwifery, as it has always been since the early times, to hospitals where it is now expected to give birth at. Midwifery was a common practice in delivering babies in

I never meant to abandon yoga. It just happened and the repercussions were cataclysmic for my overall wellbeing.

Healthy childbirth is defined as a safe, natural process that rarely requires medical intervention (Goer & Romano, 2012). The medical model of care, however, often includes interventions that are not supported by the evidence and can increase a woman’s risk of having a cesarean section. These intrusions into labor and birth often lead to what has been called the “cascade of interventions” (DeClercq, Sakala, Corry,

The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Maternal Perinatal Mental Health Outcomes.” Mindfulness, Jan. 2017. This review focuses on an aspect of yoga that the other sources do not. This article focuses on the benefits of consciousness on mental health. Consciousness is a large part of what separates yoga from other forms of exercise. It is critical to study this aspect, as it is what makes yoga special. This reviewed showed that practicing consciousness in any form, including conscious yoga, can have a multitude of positive effects on the mind. Consciousness practice was able to somewhat regulate the mood changes associated with

Sacred Journey Yoga and Birth is a yoga and birth service company that is located in Denver, Colorado. Sacred Journey Yoga and Birth offers yoga classes, meditation classes, doula services, and childbirth education. Their doula service offerings include prenatal visits, telephone and email support, support during birth, and postpartum support. Sacred Journey Yoga and Birth is led by Kristin Maresca, an experienced professional doula and childbirth

I recently attended a childbirth education class within the Rapid City area, which was held at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Within this room including 6 tables were 20 people in attendance. The class began with registration and attendance, while participants were encouraged to partake in the fruit and vegetable trays provided, along with the options or juice or bottled water. The leader of the group was a Labor and Delivery charge nurse who began by welcoming each participant and requesting each provide a short introduction. The class then moved on to a power point lead discussion along with several videos embedded within. The class took 1 hour to partake in a boxed lunch that was provided, and then continued with a trip through the hospital

Freedom of movement. The second birth practice is freedom of movement. The mother in labor should walk, change positions and move around frequently. This movement helps the labor process, it allows gravity to assist with bringing the body down the uterus. In addition it helps contractions work more efficiently. Furthermore, the instructor concludes that if a pregnant woman remains physically active and exercises throughout her pregnancy, the birth of her child requires less times and is reported to be less painful. She suggested that the mother pick a birthing environment

Focused breathing practices for labor and other relaxation techniques like walking, massage, position changes, and hydrotherapy

The lithotomy position works against gravity, causes decrease blood pressure, and increase episiotomies. Women that give birth in an upright position use gravity to assist in the baby descent down the birth canal. Gravity neutral position such as all four, are useful because it allows the laboring mother to rest. Non-supine positions results in reduce pain, decrease labor duration, and less Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) variables (Lamaze International Education Council, 2004). K.C. suggest the class participants use the birth bar for pushing, standing, or hands or knees position to improve labor outcomes. She educated the mother try not to lay down supine because it can make their pelvic area smaller, decrease fetal oxygenation, and harder to push the baby out.

Providing continuous physical and emotional support during labour can reducing maternal fear, stress, and anxiety and protect physiological birth (Steen, 2012). Research shows that fear and anxiety during labour and birth can be detrimental to physiological birth. An environment that women feel unsafe in may stimulate a surge of neuro-hormones that can influence both fetal and maternal physiology, causing irregularity of contractions, fetal distress and subsequent medical inteverntions (Fahy & Parratt, 2006). Conversly, maintaining an environment where women feel safe, protected and supported can facilitate favourable physiological performance (Fahy & Parratt, 2006). Midwives can do this by giving women one-on-one continuous support and placing her at the centre of care throughout childbirth (Steen, 2012). As observed in practice, by constantly reassuring the woman about her progress, her baby’s health and addressing any of her concerns, the midwife can provide a calm and relaxing environment that is conducive to the labouring woman (Buckley, 2015; Steen, 2012). The midwife worked with the woman, encouraging her throughout labour and birth by telling her that she was doing extremely well. The midwife also breathed in-tune with the woman while giving her a back massage, inducing a sense of comfort. The atmosphere was calm and this contributed to the woman garnering confidence in her ability to avoid medical pain relief. Downe (2008) noted that the positive impact of

The first simulation began with a head to toe assessment of an antepartum mother. Her breasts are observed to make sure they aren’t cracked or leaking and if they are painful then nursing interventions can be implemented. Then, her fundus is felt and determined to be firm and midline which is a normal finding. Next, her belly is measured, both the width and length, the length determines how far along the mother is. Therefore, is mom is 35 weeks pregnant her belly should be about thirty five inches in length. Her calves are observed for any firmness or pain to monitor possible clots forming, which there was no presence of. Lastly, a vaginal exam is started by checking the pH and completely the ferning test to see if her membranes are broken.

The clips show how the media portrays birth as a painful and excruciating process, but the news coverage on orgasmic birth demonstrates is can feel the opposite. The film support the claim that women “giving birth lying on their backs, is perhaps the hardest position which to deliver a baby” and it also causes a longer labor”(218). Orgasmic births have women in water and positions where the can move around. In addition, women usually tense up because the fear of pain, but orgasmic births teaches women to relax while in labor by doing breathing exercises. It was shocking for me learn that women can have an orgasm while giving birth. Additionally, that when baby is coming down the birth canal it is going through the same position as something

When planning the content and the teaching methods to be employed in the delivery of this course, it has to be borne in mind that a great number of teenaged mothers have not completed high school. Therefore, the course has to be presented in a simple manner. According to De Young (2009), if the learner cannot comprehend the written material, the materials are of little value and result in non-compliance. In addition the fact that they are teenagers means to make the course effective the course need to be presented in a dynamic “colorful” way to attract the attention and which will make an impression. Use of audio visual aids, power point presentations, some handouts, use worksheets, quizzes, group discussions, and some practical exercises would be beneficial in teaching the class. I would also include a guest speaker such as expert in midwifery and even any new mother who have gone through the same experience. I will also make use of digital imagery to show teenagers what a fetus looks like at certain stages, etc.