All Entries Tagged With: "labor"

What are Placental Abruptions?

With the joys of pregnancy also come a lot of fears of complications and uncertainty. There are many problems that might develop in women during the process of pregnancy. One such critical problem which some women face is Placental abruptions. Let us try to explore in details of what is this problem, its symptoms and [...]

Then and Now: Childbirth and Pelvis Size

Most people understand the physical changes our species have accomplished throughout evolution. Many of these changes have not been precisely pinpointed on the timeline of our development.
The pelvic outlet in modern humans is thirty percent smaller than in our ancient ancestors, making for the belief childbirth is more painful today.
The big news today is that [...]

Mother Births in Ambulance: Is Hospital Policy to Blame?

Recently in New South Wales, a new baby arrived in the world in the rear of an Emergency Medical Vehicle.
Most of the times you hear of such incidents, the woman is on the way to the hospital but does not make it. In the case of Donna Bodley, she was leaving the Murwillumbah Hospital while [...]

How to prepare your first born for a new baby

Welcoming a new baby at home is not an easy job for your child. First off, your child is likely to be envious of the baby who takes away all the attention from him. Secondly, as a parent, you will be completely focussed on your new born and your child will start feeling neglected. [...]

Factors Influencing the Labor Pain

Labor is not the same experience for all the women except for the pains associated with it. Emotional and Physical factors also have an impact on labors.
Emotional Factors
If you are emotionally week then negative thoughts can increase your anxiousness. Emotional Factors which generally contribute to your perceptions about pain are:

Feeling that you may suffer a [...]

Emergency Home Birth

Though it is not very common, but sometimes, you may find yourself in a situation where you show no signs of labor a few minutes ago but now, feel a sudden urge to push, signaling the arrival of the baby. It can happen anywhere, at home, in a party or even in the backseat of [...]

Dad’s Part in a Delivery

Dads (or the partners of pregnant women) are also about to experience a drastic change in their lives. Having a baby means growing a family. That means you need to switch around some things in your life. You need to adjust your schedule to take care of the mother and the baby.
You also need to [...]

Healing Body after Vaginal Delivery

It is a truly incredible process when the body of a “just-delivered” woman comes back to its normal pre-pregnant state. The body reverses all the changes which took place in the last nine months with a matter of weeks. Here are some of those changes:
Postpartum “rainfall”
Take 7-9 pounds of the baby, add a pound of [...]

Development of Fetus from 5th to 9th Month

Month 5:  Lanugo a thin layer of fine hair covers the body of your baby. Simultaneously, her eyelashes and eyebrows also develop. The unique fingerprints and footprints of the baby are also developed. The baby begins sucking and swallowing and may even be seen sucking her thumb when seen through the ultrasound. A white lanolin-like [...]

What scares the expecting mothers during childbirth? – Part 2

Labor is the most difficult time of the entire period of pregnancy and women have various apprehensions about it. It is especially difficult for the women because of the various medical interventions and steps followed by doctors that are not known to a lot of people in general. We have discussed some such fears in [...]

What Scares the Expecting Mothers During Childbirth? – Part 1

As the due date comes closer women tend to become anxious. Although there is not much to e scared about but lack of knowledge and fear of the unknown makes the situation difficult. Few of the most common things fear that women have are mentioned below.
Prolonged Labor
If you are also one of the women who [...]

What does the baby feel during Labor? – Part 2

As we talked in the previous part of how Mother Nature has made everything so perfect that it becomes very difficult to believe about the complexities of the human body. The birth of a baby also seems like a miracle. Let us try to dig deeper into this and try to understand what does the [...]

What does the baby feel during Labor? – Part 1

There is a lot of talking going on everywhere and all the time that how does the mother feel during labor, what should she do when contractions occur, how should she position herself etc. But have you ever thought what does the baby goes through when labor starts. Let us try to find out experience [...]

Signals that Indicate You Are in Labor

Contractions
As the due date comes closer women become more anxious and confused between a real and a false contraction. The labor like contractions is just the preparation of the real thing which is going to come soon. The preparatory ones do not hurt as much as the real ones. Sometimes the actual contractions are so [...]

Some interventions that could ease the Process of Labor – C-Section

Some women know about the procedures from the pregnancy classes they attend but the percentage of such women is very small. Thus, most of the females entering the delivery room do not know anything about what is going to happen to them next. Although, you may not be interested in knowing how different equipment can [...]

Some Interventions that could ease the Process of Labor – Vacuum and Forceps

Many doctors will not take up the topic of the possibilities of a medical intervention during the process of birth, and you will have to yourself get this out of them. If you hear during the delivery that vacuum will be used to take the baby out you do not have an option then. Although, [...]

Some Interventions that could ease the Process of Labor – Pitocin & Episiotomy

All pregnant women know that life is going to be little difficult but until the end no one likes the intervention of medical procedures. Most of the females expect that they will very soon feel contractions which will slowly rise in frequency and intensity and finally end up giving the birth.
But it does not happen [...]

When is the Right Time to go to the Hospital

The discussion here is only about those pregnant women who are carrying a full term baby with head down (vertex presentation) and whose water is not broken.
Till now you must have experienced some of the occasional irregular contractions but these are just Braxton Hicks which are painless and subside easily. But these are just the [...]

Healing Body after Vaginal Delivery

It is a truly incredible process when the body of a “just-delivered” woman comes back to its normal pre-pregnant state. The body reverses all the changes which took place in the last nine months with a matter of weeks. Here are some of those changes:
Postpartum “rainfall”
Take 7-9 pounds of the baby, add a pound of [...]

Signs of Labor

There is no way of predicting when the labor will start. Some women notice when their body starts preparing for the labor while some don’t. The only thing you can do is to watch out for some of these signs.
The middle “lightens”
This happens a few weeks before the delivery. Your baby ‘drops’ into the pelvis [...]