All Entries in the "LABOR & DELIVERY" Category
Considering A Home Birth? Some Reasons To Do So
Parents strive to connect with their unborn child and also try to do the best they can for a health development while still in the womb as well as at the time of birth. The home birth could be a wonderful and intimate option.
Couples recognize that pregnancy can be a time to build on a [...]
It May Be Possible To Predict C Section Requirement
A new test has been developed in Sweden, which may help predict whether a woman will need a C section or not. This offers hope for all those women, who labor hard and long in the hope of a natural or vaginal delivery, and then be subjected to a C section in the end.
In many [...]
Antibiotics Advised 1 Hour Before C-Sections
According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, infection is one of the common complications that occur due to Cesarean section deliveries, in an estimated 10 to 40% cases. This risk is less than 3% for natural deliveries and there is now an attempt to redress this imbalance.
Whereas antibiotics are usually given to the [...]
Preparing For The Day Of Delivery
If it is your first pregnancy you may be wondering what to prepare and what things to bring to the hospital on the day of delivery. But, before you think of the things to bring you should get yourself ready. Here are a few things to remember:
Keep in mind the date given to you [...]
When Is A C-Section Must For Me?
Cesarean section or c-section is a surgical procedure done to deliver your infant instead of the normal vaginal delivery. A general indication for it is when the life of the mother or the baby is in danger.
As a person outside of the medical field you are bound to the management of the Obstetrician, but that [...]
New Guidelines For Promoting VBACs
It has become common practice for doctors to perform a C section automatically after a woman has had one Caesarean section delivery, even though it is possible to safely give birth even after a prior C section. Doctors are refusing to even try and deliver vaginally and this is largely due to medical risks and [...]
Castor Oil For Labor Induction – What You Should Know
Among the many natural ways to induce labor, there is the time honored way of doing so by using castor oil. Castor oil has long been used as a means to ease the symptoms of constipation and to facilitate bowel movement, and it is also used as a means of inducing labor.
Many medical practitioners as [...]
Planning A Home Birth? Keep This In Mind
According to a recent study published by the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (AJOG), the issue of planned home births and their association with neonatal mortality was examined.
It was found by the researchers that about 1 in 200 babies in the United States are delivered at home; 75% of those deliveries are planned as [...]
Recognize The Signs Of Real Labor
Throughout your pregnancy, you have probably experienced some aches and pains. More than likely you have even felt some contractions in your abdomen as your uterus periodically spasms or contracts in a way that mimics mild labor pains.
These early contractions (known as the Braxton Hicks contractions) are not to be confused with real labor pains [...]
Turning A Breech Baby – Is It Possible And Safe?
One of the major reasons for having to deliver a baby by C section is the baby being in a breech position; when it’s not the head but feet first (footling breech position), bottom first (frank breech position) or baby sitting on heels (complete breech position).
Whereas earlier breech babies were routinely delivered vaginally, this is [...]
