Childbirth

The debate on if a mother should be medicated or not during childbirth started when women switched from a midwife assisted birth to assisted births by a doctor. Women in the 1760s began seeking doctors to deliver their babies because they were more educated than midwives. Midwife assisted birth, sometimes ended in death of the mother and infant. During this time home birth was still relevant. Midwives believed they were more equipped because they were women. Doctors who at that time were all men

Elective Caesarean Section Introduction Childbirth can be considered as the highlight of a woman’s life and there has been an increase in number where the woman is asking for a caesarean section instead of giving birth through the vagina (Loke, 2015). Caesarean delivery is a surgical procedure that happens when an event or situation that happens that would be considers as an emergency. This surgery is to help get the infant out and to help both the mother and the infant. Recently, caesarean section

always knock our innocent minds. As Medical Technology students, we do not have any knowledge about how intelligence influence our ways of childbirth and on what we are today. We come up to think which is better and safer, vaginal delivery or C-section? Vaginal birth or otherwise known as normal delivery is considered as the most common and affordable way of childbirth. But in our generation today, an increasing

world, women have given birth naturally while older, experienced women have handed down the traditions of childbirth practices to the next generation of younger women. Until the early 20th century, 95% of births in the United States still took place at home, naturally, with a midwife present (Rothman, 1991). However, as the medical field has developed the medicinal intrusions into childbirth have also been amplified. Today having a baby has been taken from the hands of those capable and experienced

to respond on the topic about a type of “non-traditional” childbirth (i.e. hospital) of our choice that we would want to know more about and “What we learn before we’re born” from TED talk by Annie Murphy Paul . This week I am choosing to respond to a type of “non-traditional” childbirth (i.e. hospital). The type of childbirth I chose to talk about is a water birth. As interesting as this topic may be and all of the possible childbirths there are this stood out for me because I believe that it is

Concerning the functions of the human body, childbirth is one of the most demanding feats. The birthing process is broken down into three stages. The first stage of childbirth starts with labor and continues until the cervix is fully dilated. Next, the second stage allows the baby to be pushed out into the world. Lastly, the third stage begins right after the birth. It is when the placenta is delivered. Along with the stages of labor, comes the various types of delivery. The most common

Ethnic, Religious, & Cultural factors impact a woman’s experience during pregnancy and childbirth. In providing care for the pregnant woman that have differing cultural beliefs and practices, healthcare providers should be aware of patient’s beliefs and the influence they might have on the pregnancy and childbearing. It is the patient’s right to be cared for within the context of their cultural beliefs and it is the practitioner’s responsibility to influence health care to optimize the health of

Childbirth is the biggest step in Maternity care. The biggest and most important goal in maternity care is to end up with a healthy baby and healthy mom. In a few short years, I plan to start a career centered on healthy women, healthy babies and maternity care. I will be the entering the field of midwifery. I found an interest in midwifery through my current job. I currently work on the OB/GYN floor at Trinity Hospital. I have seen many child births through my job. It is such a rewarding experience

Childbirth Paper There are several physical traumas that a baby and expecting mother may endure during childbirth as well as the expecting mother may undergo psychological traumas during and after her pregnancy. In this paper, there will be explanations of the more severe cases the mother may exhibit during and/or after her pregnancy. Information on treatments and recovery of such traumas will be discussed as well as causes and some of the more common birth injuries to the baby will be explored

Teen childbirth is between the ages of 13 and 19 years of age. Teen childbirth is normally is unplanned. Teenage childbirth has been a public health issue for many years. Overall, the teen childbirth rate has declined. The teenage child birthrate in 2010 was 34.4 births per 1,000 women. This is 44% lower than the peak rate of 61.8, reached in 1991(Kost, Henshaw, 2014). The decline is evident across the country, ethnicities and racial groups (Kost, Henshaw, 2014). However, the United States continues