This type of depression occurs within the first 12 Weeks after childbirth. Depression is more prevalent between the ages of 18 and 44. This range of years is also the range for childbearing years. In other countries the prevalence rates for postpartum depression are 21% for Arab women‚ 11% for Indian women‚ 11.2% for
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The Pros and Cons of Home Birth The demand for natural child birth and giving birth outside of the hospital setting is increasing in the United States. However it is a topic that remains controversial. There is no shortage of glowing stories from happy mothers of safely home birthed babies‚ but there are horror stories as well. Planned home births are generally considered safe for healthy women with low risk pregnancies being attended by certified nurse midwifes with a good system in place for
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little sport as it was considered “Un-ladylike”. Two sports women were allowed to play were croquet and archery. The Change In 1884‚ women played at Wimbledon for the first time. This meant women finally started to feel more accepted Childbirth Childbirth was for a long time painful. There were no available medications that could be taken to stop the struggle of giving birth‚ and so women just had to deal with it. The Change When James Simpson (who was a Professor of Midwifery at
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Nothing can prepare you for childbirth. Each person’s experience with childbirth and delivery with each child they have is so unique that nothing can really prepare you for the actual moment when it’s time to deliver your little one. However‚
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women choose to abort. These reasons‚ among others‚ include health implications‚ moral issues‚ and a woman’s freedoms and rights. Birth is no easy feat. There are several medical complications that go hand in hand with it. According to Wikipedia‚ “Childbirth is an inherently dangerous and risky activity‚ subject to many complications.” (Wikimedia
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every single day. Imagine being able to choose your child’s body type‚ or personality‚ or IQ. It is not as farfetched as it sounds. It’s a process called "Gene Therapy"‚ and is being perfected right now. This process rules out any unknown’s in childbirth. It will not only allow us to determine the child’s sex‚ but also his future. In natural child conception‚ the mother provides the the two X chromosomes and the father provides the X and Y chromosomes. The balance of genetic make up is determined
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Midwifery. 8 (8): 483-488. Hodnett‚ E.D. 2000. Continuity of caregivers for care during pregnancy and childbirth. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2000‚ Issue 1. Art. No.: CD000062. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000062. Logan‚ K Marchant‚ S.‚ J. Alexander.‚ J. Garcia.‚ H. Ashurst.‚ F. Alderdice and J. Keene. 1999. A survey of women ’s experiences of vaginal loss from 24 hours to three months after childbirth (the BLiPP study). Midwifery. 15: 72-81. Medforth‚ J. et al. 2006. Oxford Handbook of Midwifery
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referred to as the “baby blues‚” is the mildest form of PPMD. It is defined by the MGH Center for Women’s Health as a “common mood disturbance” rather than a disorder. It is considered so common that MGH refers to it as a “normal experience following childbirth.” 50-80% of women who give birth experience this. Instead of feeling sad‚ as they do with PPD‚ women who have the “baby blues” often feel “mood liability‚ tearfulness‚ anxiety or irritability.” Unlike PPD‚ symptoms of the “baby blues” typically
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Lea‚ 37 weeks gestation had an induced labor with Pitocin and she received a cervical ripening suppository. For pain relief the nurses gave her a back massage‚ but that was not helping her pain enough to make her comfortable so Lea requested an epidural and at 8:00AM received it. Epidural is becoming a more popular pharmacological method used during labor to relieve pain for the mother. An epidural is a more invasive pharmacological pain relief measure compared to others and numbs the pain felt in
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environment. The obstetric dilemma refers to changes in the female pelvic region as a result of our evolution towards bipedalism‚ and the resulting difficulties in childbirth. When assessing gestation periods‚ premature births and maternal & infant health‚ the question comes up as to why the human body has evolved in such a way as to make childbirth potentially fatal for both mother and child? The advantages of bipedalism can be seen when we throw a ball‚ carry the shopping bags from the car or collect
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