Natural childbirth

High value care is a driving force in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Of particular concern is the care of pregnant women and how families can seek safe and affordable care outside of a hospital. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services examined the birth center model as a means of providing high-quality care. Additionally, the Strong Start Initiative of 2012 listed Birth Centers as one of three options for enhanced prenatal care. The American Association of Birth Centers

This essay is focused on the Midwifery practice and care related to a patient that has been transferred from Midwifery Unit to Labour Ward. The paper will discuss the legal and professional guidelines of the NMC hospital especially the Code-2015. The role of the midwife along with the skills necessary to deal with emergency situations and the ability to understand the challenges that is in the practice environment. As the context of healthcare in midwifery units, relation between the patient and

The word natural as it relates to childbirth and midwifery Etymology Documented use of the word natural begins as early as the 14th century in the French and English languages as naturel and in the Latin language as naturalis. (1) The meaning of the word natural is relative to the context it is used in, which is evident even in early descriptions. The meanings for the French, English, and Latin origins of the word natural include “by birth”, “of nature, conforming to nature”, “of one’s inborn character;

lacking this and”there should be a direct correlation between infant size and human milk ingestion”.(Baker) This makes it important that babies are getting the necessary amounts of essential nutrients and shows that when science tries to improve childbirth it just causes

Shifting the Medical Gaze: Towards a Feminist Ethic of Childbirth The term "reproductive rights" has become synonymous with abortion rights, birth control access, and issues surrounding reproductive technologies, yet the struggle for a woman's right to choose when and how to become pregnant often overshadows a woman's right to choose where and how to give birth. The lack of feminist discourse and activism surrounding issues of childbirth may attest to the hegemony in the modern American birth

Natural Birth Versus Medicalized Birth Introduction: There has been a long debate over which birthing method women should use today: natural versus medicalized. The World Health Organization defines natural birth as a vaginal birth without the use of any.. and medicalized birth as being .. However, medicalized births are becoming increasingly popular in the United States. The use of technology and medical interventions in the birthing process has increased despite the unchanged basic physiology

Pain Management During Labor Childbirth can be described as one of the most rewarding and also painful experiences in a woman’s life. Most women choose some type of method to ease pain, however, there has been a lot of controversy over with pain management method is the most effective. According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control), In 2013, there were 3,932,181 births recorded in the United States, 32.7% of those births were surgical procedures. In 2012, 1.36% of recorded births occurred out-of-hospital

The idea of childbirth has been viewed in three peculiar ways: a social natural occurrence, as a passage to an early death, and in present times a medical procedure needed when having children. In the seventieth and eighteenth century childbirth was seen as a social celebration conducted by midwives, while in the nineteenth century fear of death arose due to an increase of maternal mortality rates. This time period also served as a transition time between the elimination of the midwife and the emergence

their expectations. These expectations are for the most part dynamic and complicated as they are subject to factors of environment, culture, systems and beliefs. Generally, childbearing is majorly a biological phenomenon, however, the experience of childbirth is also socially constructed (Liamputtong, Yimyam, Parisunyakul, Baosoung, & Sansiriphun, 2005) as it occurs within a defined cultural practice and is shaped by perceptions, norms and expectations (Lefkarites, 1992; Steinberg, 1996; Liamputtong

The history of childbirth is long, spanning across the entire history of every creature. The physical act has stayed the same with the exclusion of c-sections but the social aspect has changed drastically. Through exploring Nancy Dye’s History of Childbirth in America, Wenda Trevathan’s The Evolutionary History of Childbirth, and Barbra Rothman’s Childbirth as a Negotiated Reality, one will receive a glimpse into the social history of childbirth. 　　Nancy Dye’s, History of Childbirth in America, explores