Class 4: Stages of Labor Review, Variations & Complications, Induction
Assignments
Read Purple 10-16, Pink 8-10
Exercise Continue regular exercise and pregnancy-specific exercises (pelvic rocks, squats, kegels, etc.)
Nutrition Keep eating healthfully-- and drink plenty of water
Relaxation Incorporate relaxation scripts along with breathing and affirmations (see list of affirmations under "handouts" tab above)
Exercise Continue regular exercise and pregnancy-specific exercises (pelvic rocks, squats, kegels, etc.)
Nutrition Keep eating healthfully-- and drink plenty of water
Relaxation Incorporate relaxation scripts along with breathing and affirmations (see list of affirmations under "handouts" tab above)
Follow-up/Links
Early Labor
Early Labor: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You
Ignoring Early Labor
Third Stage
Leaving Well Enough Alone by Sarah Buckley
Pushing
Trying to avoid a tear by Gloria Lemay
An anterior cervical lip: how to ruin a perfectly good birth (an interesting opinion piece)
Delayed Cord Clamping
Magic Umbilical Cords (the pictures I showed you)
The Placenta: Essential Resusitation Equipment (MidwifeThinking.com)
An opinion on Delayed Cord Clamping (AcademicOBGYN.com)
TEDTalk called 90 seconds to save the world
PROM (Premature Rupture of Membranes)
Bedrest and PROM (EvidenceBasedBirth)
Failure to Progress
Article from BirthingNaturally
Friedman's Curve and Failure to Progress (EvidenceBasedBirth)
Induction: Here is the evidence behind some of the most common reasons for induction
Early Labor: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You
Ignoring Early Labor
Third Stage
Leaving Well Enough Alone by Sarah Buckley
Pushing
Trying to avoid a tear by Gloria Lemay
An anterior cervical lip: how to ruin a perfectly good birth (an interesting opinion piece)
Delayed Cord Clamping
Magic Umbilical Cords (the pictures I showed you)
The Placenta: Essential Resusitation Equipment (MidwifeThinking.com)
An opinion on Delayed Cord Clamping (AcademicOBGYN.com)
TEDTalk called 90 seconds to save the world
PROM (Premature Rupture of Membranes)
Bedrest and PROM (EvidenceBasedBirth)
Failure to Progress
Article from BirthingNaturally
Friedman's Curve and Failure to Progress (EvidenceBasedBirth)
Induction: Here is the evidence behind some of the most common reasons for induction
- (suspected) "Big Baby" (Evidence Based Birth)
- Low Amniotic Fluid- two articles by (Mama Birth) and (Rebecca Dekker)
- Past Due Date (Gloria LeMay)
- ...does induction always work? a look at failed inductions (Evidence Based Birth)