English 1013 16 July 2014 Natural Childbirth Since the beginning of time women have stayed constant with two things‚ menstruating and childbirth. Childbirth one of the most beautiful and natural experiences of a woman’s life began to get compromised in the 1960’s with the invention of the Epidural “epidural anesthetic‚ used especially in childbirth to produce loss of sensation below the waist.”(Webster 782) Childbirth now means just the delivery of a child it can now be opened for interpretation
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Childbirth is a beautiful thing. After the hours of labor‚ there is nothing more special than having the newly mother able to hold her child the minute after it’s born. It makes the pain that you had just experienced go away because all that matters in the world is that newborn child in your arms. During labor‚ every woman has her own experience but one common experience is the pain. According to Kitzinger (1978) “Labor pain can have negative or positive meaning‚ depending on whether the child is
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you have women asking for morphine‚ walking epidurals‚ and spinal epidurals. Why are so many women deciding that they can’t do a natural childbirth and what are the risks of not having one? Researchers have done studies on epidurals to determine if they cause women to get an increase in c-sections. They have also done studies to determine if getting an epidural to early will increase the chances of getting an epidural. Why would you get an epidural when there are different ways to have a pain
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Natural childbirth is where the mother does not receive any drugs to relieve pain or to aid the birthing process. Natural childbirth is considered to be the safest way for the baby to be born. It is healthier for the mom and baby. There is less chance of serious injury from iatrogenic trauma. You will have less chance of having a C-section. The mother has a much quicker healing time. If the mother plans on breastfeeding‚ she will have a much higher chance of a breastfeeding success and there is lower
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How Does Natural Childbirth Compare to Medicate Births? Jennifer Rasmussen COM/220 June 6‚ 2010 Julie Freydlin How Does Natural Childbirth Compare to Medicate Births? One of the most natural things for a woman’s body to do is give birth. Once a woman knows that she is with child‚ she begins deciding what will be best for her and her child whether it is what to eat‚ whether or not exercise‚ and even what her birth experience should be. Although it is difficult for women to go through the
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Spinal Anesthesia and Epidural Anesthesia Spinal anesthesia and epidural anesthesia are methods of numbing the body before a medical procedure. They are done by injecting numbing medicine (anesthetic) into the back‚ near the spinal cord. Spinal anesthesia is usually done to numb an area at and below the place where the injection is made. It is often used during surgeries of the pelvis‚ hips‚ legs‚ and lower abdomen. It begins to work almost immediately. Epidural anesthesia may be done to numb an
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Epidural Epidemic Drugs in Labor: Are They Really Necessary. . . or Even Safe? The use of epidurals is so common today that many perinatal professionals are calling the 1990s the age of the epidural epidemic. Believed by many in the medical profession to be safe and effective‚ the epidural seems now to be regarded as a veritable panacea for dealing with the pain of childbirth. It is true that most women experience pain during the course of labor. This pain can be intense and very real‚ even for
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The topic i have chose is the risks of epidurals. This topic will be very interesting and fun to lean about. The reason why i have chosen this topic is because I find it intresting for many reasons. A few are‚ first‚ that it was started with an injection of cocaine. Also‚ I have heard a lot about girls getting back pain‚ and many other complicatons from the epidural. The main reason I chose this topic was because I have not yet had a child myself‚ and still have not decided in which road I
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The goal of the study is to determine if there is an association of intrapartum temperature elevation among women who receive epidural analgesia with adverse neonatal outcome and to determine if there is an association of the use of epidural analgesia among women without temperature elevation with adverse neonatal outcome. The sample size consisted of low-risk nulliparous women who were at 37 weeks pregnant‚ and pregnancies were excluded if the infants had documented sepsis‚ meningitis‚ or a major
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Samantha Argubright Child Development‚ 7th period March 1‚ 2013 Childbirth Options You probably wonder what really happens during pregnancy‚ how everything works and all the things you need to have to prepare for the child birth. Who will assist to deliver baby? Where will you have the baby? What kind of classes help you prepare? You can deliver the baby at any hospital you want or at home. Usually families have house midwifes‚ medical professional trained to help woman through normal
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