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Key Terms
• labor• certified nurse-
midwives (CNMs)• natural childbirth• Lamaze method• lightening• breech birth
position• dilation• episiotomy
• forceps• vacuum extraction• cesarean section• bonding• postpartum care• baby blues• postpartum
depression (PPD)• postpartum
psychosis (PPP)
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Objective
• List ways family members can be involved during pregnancy.
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The Role of the Family
• Father-to-be– tend to take an active role during
pregnancy• education about pregnancy and childrearing• prepare for baby
– help during labor• ease anxiety of mother
• Children– help with preparation may ease jealousy
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Family Decisions Concerning Childbirth
• Choosing a birth place– hospital
• most common
– birth center• certified nurse-midwives
(CNMs)
– home birth• higher infant death rate
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Family Decisions Concerning Childbirth
• Using drugs for labor and delivery– sedatives reduce anxiety, used in early
stages of labor– analgesics reduce pain, not take it away– anesthetics block pain
• general anesthesia has the most side effects
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Family Decisions Concerning Childbirth
• Choosing a method of delivery– natural childbirth uses breathing and
relaxation techniques instead of drugs– Lamaze method uses breathing patterns
to help mother-to-be keep her mind off pain, medication is used when necessary
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Objective
• Describe the birth process and some of the possible complications of delivery.
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Time to Be Born
• Muscle contractions at regular intervals push baby out of mother’s body
• Lightening is a change in the baby’s position– settles downward– body rotates into position
• breech birth position
• Irregular contractions, or false labor
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Other Signs of Labor
• Contractions at regular intervals• Burst of energy, increased adrenaline• Loss of cervical mucus plug• Breaking of amniotic sac, leaking fluid
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Stage One—Dilation of Cervix
• Contractions are regular– early labor, every 15–20 minutes, last
about 30 seconds– late labor, very close together, last
about 90 seconds• called the transition
• Cervix flattens and opens (dilation)– 4 inches (10 centimeters)
• Averages eight hours for first baby
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Stage Two—Delivery of Baby
• Baby’s head enters birth canal• Episiotomy is an incision to widen
birth canal and prevent tearing– often performed
• Baby changes position– faces downward as head emerges– rotates as shoulders and body emerge
• Averages 30–90 minutes
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Stage Three—Delivery of Placenta
• Averages 5–30 minutes• Irregular contractions• Placenta detaches from uterus and
is delivered– afterbirth
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Complications of Delivery
Premature delivery
Premature rupture of
membranes (PROM)
Prolonged delivery
Abnormal position for
delivery
Cephalopelvic
disproportion
Umbilical cord
compression or prolapse
AsphyxiaMeconium aspiration
Postpartum bleeding
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Complications of Delivery
• Delivery-aid techniques– version, manually rotating the unborn
baby into correct position– picotin, a drug, can speed up labor by
causing contractions– forceps, curved instrument that fits
around the baby’s head to help ease down the birth canal during contraction
– vacuum extraction, suction instrument
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Cesarean Births
• In the cesarean section, the mother’s abdomen and uterus are surgically opened to remove baby– mother’s pelvis is small or misshapen– baby or mother is at medical risk– baby’s head is large– contractions are weak or absent– baby in incorrect position for birth
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Cesarean Births
– multiple birth– previous uterine scar(s) could rupture
• Risks for mother and baby– procedure is major surgery– increasing need for hysterectomy– low, but increased risk of stillbirth next
pregnancy– increased risk in vaginal birth after
cesarean
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Objective
• Describe physical and emotional changes in the mother during the postpartum period.
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Hospital Care
• Mother and baby generally remain in hospital for 24–60 hours– longer for C-section
• Nurseries care for babies– may room-in with mother
• Nurses available to help mothers• Visitors limited
– siblings can sometimes visit
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Bonding
• Bonding is important for parents and baby
• First hour after birth crucial
• Especially important for preterm or ill infants
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Postpartum Care
• Postpartum care is the care the mother receives during the six to eight weeks after childbirth
• First hour critical to restoring body stability– pulse, respiration, other body functions
• Nursing mothers should not diet
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Postpartum Care
• Rest is crucial• Return to
employment only under doctor’s care
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Postpartum Mood Disorders
• Possible causes– inherited tendency for mood disorders– dramatic changes in body chemistry
after giving birth that affects the brain– stress of caring for a new baby while
recovering from pregnancy and delivery
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Postpartum Mood Disorders
• Some women are at an increased risk– over 40 years of age– family history of mood disorders and
thyroid problems– mood swings during menstrual cycle– migraines when taking hormones– fertility problems– family stress and lack of support– previous mood disorders
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Postpartum Mood Disorders
• Baby blues is a mild disorder that goes away on its own
• Postpartum depression (PPT) is a serious form of depression
• Postpartum psychosis (PPP) is a severe mental illness
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What Do You Think?
• Do you believe that postpartum mood disorders receive enough attention?
• How could the media highlight postpartum mood disorders in order to bring attention to those that suffer?
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• baby blues. Mild postpartum mood disorder that goes away on its own.
• bonding. Developing a feeling of affection.
• breech birth position. Buttocks-first position in which some babies enter the birth canal.
Glossary of Key Terms
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• certified nurse-midwives (CNMs). Nurses who have special training in delivering babies during normal pregnancies.
• cesarean section. Delivery method in which the mother’s abdomen and uterus are surgically opened and the baby is removed.
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• dilation. First stage of labor during which the cervix opens.
• episiotomy. Incision made to widen the birth canal and prevent tearing.
• forceps. Curved instrument that fits around the sides of a baby’s head and is used to help the doctor ease the baby down the birth canal during a contraction.
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• labor. Process that moves the baby out of the mother’s body.
• Lamaze method. Delivery method in which the pregnant woman is trained to use breathing patterns to keep her mind off pain.
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• lightening. Change in the baby’s position in which the uterus settles downward and forward, and the baby descends lower into the pelvis.
• natural childbirth. Delivery method in which the pregnant woman learns about the birth process and uses breathing and relaxation techniques to reduce fear and pain.
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• postpartum care. Care the mother receives during the six to eight weeks following the birth of her baby.
• postpartum depression (PPD). Less frequent, but serious form of depression that may occur after giving birth.
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