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Birth is an event of great importance in family life. Although pregnancy and delivery are, under healthy conditions, normal social and physiological processes, childbirth has become hospital centred in most industrialised countries. The assumption is that hospital based deliveries are safer for mother and child. Yet the Cumberlege report sees home birth as a real [...]
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Induce labor at home
August 15th, 2010 
curtis2012 
Posted in Natural labor induction 
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No Comments »What is induction of labour?
August 15th, 2010 curtis2012 Natural labor induction Is a medical process by which labour is stimulated to begin artificially. A related intervention is augmentation (acceleration), when a labour which has started naturally is artificially stimulated or sped up. Natural labour induction is increasingly common, with a growing number of babies induced for social or non-medical reasons. Understanding what induction [...]
Posted in Natural labor induction Tags: Artificial Rupture, Blood Group, Blood Pressure Problems, Group Problems, Hormone Oxytocin, Induction Of Labour, Inductions, Intrauterine Growth Restriction, Medical Reasons, Midwife, Natural Induction, Natural Labor Induction, Natural Labour Induction, Oxytocin, Pregnancy Planner, Pregnant Pregnancy, Prolonged Pregnancy, Prostaglandins, Rh Factor, Rupture Of Membranes, Syntocinon, Unexpected Death, Valid Reason 1 Comment »Induction and ugmentation of labor 2
August 15th, 2010 curtis2012 Obstetrics Illustrated lists the following complications of induction: failure to induce effective contractions; placental separation (abruption); bleeding; prolapse of the cord; infection; pulmonary embolism of amniotic fluid; poor uterine action; abnormal fetal heart rate patterns; hyperstimulation; rupture of the uterus; water intoxication; 50% increased risk of a cesarean section, and a general trend toward the [...]
Posted in Natural labor induction Tags: Anne Frye, Baby Anne, Biophysical Profile, Cesarean Section, Child Health, Domino Theory, Fetal Heart Rate, Fetal Surveillance, Major Surgery, Marsden Wagner, Medical Interventions, Natural Labor Induction, Non Stress Test, Obstetrics Illustrated, Pregnancy Planner, Pregnant Pregnancy, Prolapse, Pulmonary Embolism, Rupture Of The Uterus, S Committee, Water Intoxication, World Health Organization 1 Comment »Induction and Augmentation of labor
August 15th, 2010 curtis2012 Natural labor induction is the artificial starting of labor with the use of pitocin, castor oil, or herbal preparations such as blue or black cohash. Other methods used to start labor include breaking the amniotic sack (an amniotomy), stripping of the membranes (separating the membranes of the amniotic sack from the uterine wall), and inserting [...]
Posted in Natural labor induction Tags: Amniotic Fluid, Amniotomy, Augmentation Of Labor, Castor Oil, Henci Goer, Herbal Preparations, Hormone Oxytocin, Induction And Augmentation Of Labor, Intrauterine Growth Retardation, Intravenous Drip, Labor Contractions, Medical Community, Midwives, Misoprostol, Natural Hormone, Natural Labor Induction, Natural Oxytocin, Oxytocin, Pitocin, Pregnancy Planner, Pregnant Pregnancy, Prostaglandin Gel, Stripping Of The Membranes, System Failure 4 Comments »