Prenatal And Post Natal Stages

Since the beginning of time, the birth of a baby was a sign of a new life, and within today’s society, many of those lives start within a hospital with the assistance of different medical staff. Now, every family and parent is different in regards to the upbringing of their future child well before their birth, and in order to protect and support this idea; different programs were established within Canada. The Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program which was established in 1995 can be considered one, as they work to provide support to the health and wellbeing of pregnant women within different communities. Within their program some prominent goals mentioned are: to improve maternal-infant health, increase birth weight rate, and promote breastfeeding

Aim: to be able to create a meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner) for a pregnant women that incorporates the 5 vital nutrients, folic acid, protein, calcium, iron, carbohydrates that support the healthy growth and development of a foetus in pregnancy.

Most pregnant woman imagine how their developing fetus looks like, what the developing fetus is doing at a particular point, and aspire to deliver a healthy baby. Most important, many prenatal and postpartum women are eager to know what she can do to help deliver a healthy baby and how to care for the newborn. Here are some advices and activities offered to a prenatal, postpartum, and future development of a child includes healthy foods, consumption of adequate water, exercise, medication awareness, and emotions.

We have heard of people being hired as professional bridesmaids, but what about people being hired as professional doulas. Just like it may sound weird to have a stranger in a wedding party, it may sound weirder to have a stranger in the birthing room. However, both professionals offer support during monumental events, and can make a huge impact on experiences. A birth doula is a woman who is hired to provide continuous support to a mother before, during, and immediately after childbirth. Over time, a doula builds a relationship with the mother to know exactly what environment and support her, her loved ones, and her midwife would need.

The doulas purpose is to help women have a safe, memorable and empowering birthing experience, regardless of what that means for the individual woman. For women who have decided to have a medicated birth, the doula will offer emotional support, informational support and comfort measures through labor and the administration of medications.

Doula’s are also the advocate for moms during the birthing process. Doula’s get specialized training on labor and delivery so they understand all of the stages of birth and know how to offer support to moms during this process. One of the key aspects that I like to point out to people about doulas is they are paid, meaning they work for you. Why is this a good thing? Because you don’t have to worry about hurting their feelings or feel bad cuss you have asked them to do something. They work for you. Now I have heard people tell me time and time again, well my sister is going to be my doula or I have a friend that is going to be my doula, and while these people may be able to to offer you support and they may be great at it, unless they have gone through the training to be a doula or have been taught the necessary skills, they are not

The Labor Ladies is a full-service doula agency that is located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Their services and fees include birth doulas- $400-700, waterbirth tub manager- $180 - $280, childbirth education- $75 - $250, lactation consults- $60-80, postpartum care- $25/hour, and maternity and birth photography- $100 - $500. The Labor Ladies also offers mother's blessing events- $300 - $400 and cesarean doula care- $450. The Labor Ladies are comprised of followers of Jesus, three nurses, postpartum care providers, doulas-in-training, seven mothers, two bloggers, a lactation consultant, two homebirthers, and one fitness instructor. The co-owner of this doula agency, Meredith Tanner, CD(DONA) has undergone the DONA training through the Greensboro

A postpartum doula services are designed to be able to assist in the physical and emotional care of mothers and families in the daysand nights, weeks and months following the birth/adoption of a child. Postpartum doulas are professionals experienced in:

Next, a non-hospital birth usually has midwifery or Doula. Midwifery is a profession in which providers take care of pregnant women during her labor and birth and during the postpartum period. Assisting the mother with the child after it is born. According to “Human Sexuality: Diversity in Contemporary America,” midwives attends the majority of births. Midwives are qualified for routine deliveries and minor medical emergencies; often operating as part of a medical term. As Cara Muhlhahn, a certified nurse midwife stated in “Business of Being Born,” she would rather be in the home of the patient so she would feel comfortable. And most women who have midwives are comfortable because they are in the privacy of their own home giving birth to their child and they feel empowered instead of the powerless vibe in a hospital. A Doula, on the other hand, does not have to make clinical decisions. Doulas offer emotional support and manage pain using massage, acupressure, and birthing positions; making it easier for the mother to cope with her complications. According to “Mothering the Mother: How a Doula Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier and Healthier Birth,” a Doula is a Greek word that literally means a woman who has experience that can help other women. Klaus Kennell and others who have researched the effects of the doula's presence during childbirth have come to define the term as a woman with experience in childbirth who will give the laboring mother emotional, physical and

Physical development of the human begins at conception when the egg is fertilized by the sperm. Once the ovum is fertilized, the process of mitosis begins, allowing the cells to split and form the human being. Through this process, each parent contributes 23 chromosomes, which are present in every cell of our bodies, and are made up of DNA and genes (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015). The genes that we inherit from our parents determine our physical features, such as hair and eye color, and height. Furthermore, the combination of various genes within the body at the time of conception may result in the individual carrying unexpected traits and illnesses (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015).

In my opinion, many factors about continuous labor support work together to decrease the use of birthing interventions. I think it is the key that the doulas’ can focus solely on the mother and her needs throughout the entire birth. As stated in An Economic Model of the Benefits of Professional Doula Support in Wisconsin Births, “a doula is a woman who provides physical, emotional and informational support to the laboring mother throughout her entire labor” (Chapple, Gilliland, Li, Shier, & Wright, 2013). It is not feasible for medical professionals, such as the nurse, doctor or midwife, to be in the delivery room throughout the entire laboring and birthing process. Labor is not on a time schedule and the mother is not their only patient. The doula is able to provide guidance and positioning to enhance fetal descent and is able to give the constant support and encouragement to progress labor (Chapple, Gilliland, Li, Shier, & Wright, 2013). When the doula helps the laboring mother progress, there is a decreased need for interventions. The doula is also able to provide breathing techniques and comfort that can decrease the need for pain medication and thus decrease the likelihood of using an intervention such as an epidural. Through certification, doulas are knowledgeable about a variety of positions that they can recommend to laboring woman throughout the entire birthing process.

Victoria’s midwife processed the referral in an untimely manner therefore delaying her treatment. It was not sent until Victoria was 31 weeks, as a result she was not seen until 31 weeks and three days. She had a little over two weeks where she was left confused about what her management should be and worried for the well being of her unborn child. Realistically the referral should have been done immediately. She saw a physician, obsetrician, dietitian and diabetic midwives during this appointment. In her appointment with the dietitian Victoria voiced her concerns regarding her traditional Indian diet while she was being educated about meal preparation and healthy food choices. She worked full time and lived with her mother who did all the cooking so feared she would struggle to stick to the strict new eating regime. Many women attempt to adhere to the recommendations and lifestyle modifications, but find this incredibly challenging (Nielsen et al., 2014). It is understood that women struggle with the enormous dietary changes due to food preferences and cravings, and women are often confused with lack of sufficient advice (Neufeld, 2011; Hirst et al., 2012). From the clinics point of view they understood the barriers in Victorias life and tried to work with her to reduce her anxiety, and provide food choices that worked with her diet such as consuming less rice so that she could have better outcomes and possibly avoid treatment. Additional to the advice Victoria received

A recent Cochrane systematic review of continuous doula support during childbirth was performed and it was discovered that there were higher rates of vaginal births, lower odds of cesarean delivery, lower regional anesthesia rates, lower instrument-assisted delivery rates, shorter labors, and an overall higher level of satisfaction among the patients. This study was inspired by the Cochrane review, but wanted to mainly focus on Medicaid recipients who did not receive continuous doula support versus beneficiaries that received support during childbirth provided by the company, Everyday

Important stages of pregnancy: Pregnancy is counted from the first day of the mother 's last period. Important development immediately takes place after fertilisation of egg and sperm cells. It divides into many cells in the first week, which forms a zygote made out of 100 to 150 cells that are already differentiating. In the second week, the zygote is then changed to an embryo and it sticks to the uterine wall. This process takes up to nine months to form and develop a baby.

monitor fetal heartbeat. In the first stage of labor , the neck of the uterus,