Case one During working on the birthing unit I looked after a 28 year old primaparous woman of Indian Desent. She was having her first baby at 39+4 and had prolonged rupture of membranes for 20 hours at the onset of my care with her. Prabinta (pseudeum) was under the care of an LMC midwife who would present to care for Prabinta once she was in established labour. She had been admitted to the ward hours prior and her intravenous antibiotics commenced at 18 hours as per hospital protocol. I received
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Introduction A newborn baby being poked and probed‚ by a sea of doctors dressed in sterile blue gowns‚ has become scene we all know too well. Having a baby has evolved from a matter which solely involves the mother’s family and a single midwife to a matter which involves a myriad of doctors‚ the government and subsequently the state. Anne Mcclintock explores the rise of such phenomena in her book titled Imperial Leather: Race‚ Gender‚ and Sexuality in the Colonial Context. She attributes a wide
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Journey To a Natural Birth The article‚ “Women’s use of complementary and alternative medicine: a Journey to normal birth” by Mary Mitchell seeks to dive into the motivations of why many women choose to go the route of using complementary and alternative medicine rather than the traditional route of using epidurals‚ cesarean section and other medical interventions. In order to go about this‚ Mitchell and a group of researchers at the University of West England gathered a group of fourteen women
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Where Do You Feel Contractions? During labor‚ your uterus contracts its powerful muscles and your cervix softens and widens to allow the birth of your child. Where do you feel contractions? You feel the tightening of your uterine muscles as the uterus pulls upward and pushes your baby down your birth canal. These contractions‚ which consist of shortening and tightening of the muscles at the top of the uterus can cause a lot of pain and discomfort. Each mother-to be may experience pain differently
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I have been working at Birthcare in Parnel for this clinical project. I wanted to immerse myself into a primary setting where I could focus on primary care and breastfeeding. My first impressions of birthcare were that it is more of a hospital than I had anticipated with women arriving with babies on blood sugars‚ AC T&R’s and other ‘cares’ that I had thought would not occur in a primary setting. I had this preconception because I am use to working at Waitakere hospital where we often transfer women
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Changes in your body during third trimester The third trimester during pregnancy makes your routine more difficult. Your body begins to feel heavier than previous time. During the third trimester you need to give extra efforts for doing everything even you can experience the difficulties in standing up from sitting and getting out of the bed as well in walking. You might get more lethargic due to your tiredness that is quite same as you experienced early in your pregnancy. As you approach near to
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A Healthy Pregnancy Jan Christian Axia College of University of Phoenix Healthy Pregnancy 1 When it comes to a healthy pregnancy‚ what is the first thing that comes to mind? Pregnancy is a life changing moment and will be filled with all kinds of emotions. The most important part of it all is to have a healthy pregnancy not only for the baby but also for you. Maintaining a healthy diet and regular exercise will decrease the high risk factors which come along with pregnancies.
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Many women‚ including teens‚ abuse drugs while they are pregnant. This rate is especially high to those who are homeless‚ underprivileged‚ or live in a broken home. In order for drug abusers to even have a chance at beating their addiction they have to have support whether it’s family‚ friends‚ or boyfriend/spouse. They must also let the abuser now all the consequences to themselves and the unborn child. There are many consequences when using drugs during pregnancy such as miscarriage‚ health risks
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Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH) What is high blood pressure? Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against blood vessel walls. The heart pumps blood into the arteries (blood vessels) that carry the blood throughout the body. High blood pressure‚ also called hypertension‚ means that the pressure in the arteries is above the normal range. What is pregnancy-induced hypertension? Pregnancy-induced hypertension—which may also be called pre-eclampsia‚ toxemia‚ or toxemia of pregnancy—is
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Breastfeeding’s effect on cognitive development in low birth weight infants Megan E. Sieloff Julia Landis Psychology 238: Child Development April 2‚ 2010 Abstract Aim: To compare two peer review journals which both comment on the effects of breastfeeding on children born with low birth weights. Method: Compare the articles Breastfeeding and intelligence of preschool children [1]‚ and Effect of breastfeeding on cognitive development of infants born small for
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