All Entries in the "LABOR & DELIVERY" Category
Steps To Reverse VBAC Trend Urged
VBAC is the term used to describe a vaginal birth after a cesarean section, whereas in 1996 almost a third of births were vaginal after a previous C section; this rate has fallen down to just 10% VBAC deliveries.
In recent times, there is an alarming trend that has women being dismayed by the lack of [...]
Hospital Birth Vs Home Birth – The Pros Of Home Birth
The birthing process has come to a full circle. In earlier times when women did not have a lot of access to medical facilities, deliveries were routinely performed at home; then came a time that hospital deliveries were the norm, and now in western societies there is an increasing trend to birth [...]
The Different Ways Of Labor Induction
There may be many ways and means of labor induction, many of them the natural tips and tricks that you can try at home such as acupressure, nipple stimulation or having sexual intercourse etc.
However, these may not be effective at all times and then there is a requirement for the doctor to employ one or [...]
Indications Of Cervical Dilation
Cervical dilation is a natural process or a medically induced one, which is the widening of the mouth of the uterus to facilitate a natural childbirth or in the case of a miscarriage, an induced abortion, or other gynecological surgery.
Cervical dilation is usually accompanied by the thinning or effacement of the cervix. Generally speaking the [...]
Remain Strong And Focus On Breathing For Easy Delivery
We have probably heard by now about Gisele Bundchen and her famous “Painless Delivery” so faithfully reported by the press.
For every such story that one hears about a woman who had virtually no pain during childbirth, you will probably hear two about women who underwent hideously painful labors that extended over many, many hours.
While both [...]
Pressure Points To Induce Labor Through Acupressure
There may be medical reasons when a woman’s pregnancy is overdue and she is past her delivery date, and labor may be required to induce.
Sometimes, it is just a case of the woman wishing that the baby would just hurry up already!
Acupressure has long been lauded as one of the safe ways to induce labor [...]
C Sections Becoming More Common, Endangering Health
There is an alarming trend being noticed worldwide, that incidence of Cesarean section births are increasing and that in this case, modernization is not necessarily a good thing.
In a WHO survey performed in 9 Asian counties, 27% births were done by C section and what is dismaying is that C sections were done not for [...]
Cord Blood Banking – Should You Consider It?
When you are expecting, one of the things that you are likely to be thinking of is Cord Blood Banking. This is a method of which blood of the umbilical cord that connects the mother and her new born is harvested and frozen.
Cord blood banking enables you to use the stem cells contained in the [...]
Natural Ways To Induce Labor
Not only a full term pregnancy difficult to live with, making the mother to be all too eager to get the delivery over and done with, an overdue pregnancy is actually likely to be detrimental to the mother as well as her unborn child.
However, many women and physicians may want to try [...]
Pain Relief During Childbirth
Whatever one’s personal beliefs about pain relief during the process of labor and delivery, it is important to have the facts beforehand about this particular facet of the delivery process.
Even a woman who believes in and is committed to natural and unassisted delivery may change her mind through a long and [...]
