stages of life span

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is the act or process of bearingor bringing forth offspring

normally begins 266 days after

conception

Three Stages

Dilation of the cervix

Descent and emergence of

the baby

Expulsion of the placentaand umbilical cord


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Before 1920s

Delivery of the baby took place at home

Attended by doctors and midwives

The mother was separated from the rest of the family

Breast feeding was discouraged and replaced bymodern infant formulas and baby bottles

1930s

Dr. Grantley Dick-Read wrote Birth Without Fear.He noticed that women who had someone with themto explain events had significantly less pain


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1940s

Fernand Lamaze studied Russian techniquesof conditioned responses to reduce childbirth

painMarjorie Karmel and Elizabeth Bing began anationwide movement to promote theLamaze Method

1960s

Dr. Robert Bradley introduced the radicalconcept of fathers in the delivery room


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A woman in labor can condition herresponses to contractions through

breathing and imagery to minimize thepain


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RELAXATIONcornerstone or comfortduring labor

Reduce the pain of labor and birth Educates the patient about labor and

delivery

Helps the mother to enjoy theexperience of bringing her baby into theworld


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Training in respiration techniques

Cognitive restructuring through focusing

the eyes on something Social support by a coach

Attending classes with the expectant mother

Participating in the delivery Helping with the exercises

Enhances her sense of self worth

Reduces her fear of loneliness


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Controlled deep breathing

Light massage of the abdomen

Concentrating on the focal point The coach is very much involve

It allows the woman to control her body

Helps with her labor management

Educates the patient


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When a woman is giving birth, she isreborn herself

Birth is not something sweet. It is the mostintense experience that a woman cango through


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Transform pregnancy and childbirth intoa spiritual experience


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Suggesting that the mother breathe indeeply and slowly from the belly

Chanting a loud pure sound on theoutbreath for the contractions to beover, before breathing again

The mother goes back to her own birth

and go beyond herself The umbilical cord is not clamped

immediately , nor is the newbornslapped to initiate breathing


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Only entirely natural childbirth method

There is a danger in current obstetrical

procedures


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Educate the mother about conditioningexercises and muscle relaxation in labor


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Women are capable of and entitled to abirth without drugs or medical

intervention They encourage the use of midwives

rather than technical oriented doctors

A slow, deep breathing, take your timeapproach is advocated in a quiet, unlit,pillow laden environment

The baby is immediately breast-fed


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Uses mental imagery to enhancerelaxation

Touch, massage and visualization tohelp the woman flow with thecontraction rather than ignore orbreathe it away

The mother is encouraged to labor inany position that is comfortable for her


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Enhances self determination andconfidence

The emphasis is on the contraction Classes begin early in pregnancy


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Works with the strengths of the couplegiving birth

Encourages to use whatever means ofbreathing and style


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Involves the relaxation of the pelvic floormuscles

Emphasizes women listening to theirbody


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Allows the mother and newborn baby tobe submerged in a pool of water


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The position of the fetus and its size inrelation to the mothers reproductive

organs allow it to emerge in the normal,head first position.


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The buttocks of the fetus appears first,followed by the legs, the arms and finally

the head. Instruments like forceps areused to aid the delivery


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The fetus lies crosswise in the mothers

uterus, so that if this portion cannot be

changed before the birth process,instruments must be used to aid thedelivery


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When the fetus is too large to emergespontaneously or when its position makes

normal birth impossible, instruments mustbe used to aid the delivery


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If the fetus is too big to pass through thebirth canal without a prolonged and

difficult labor, even when instruments areused, it is delivered surgically by makinga slit in the maternal abdominal wall


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It covers approximately the firsttwo weeks of life

Characteristics

Shortest of all developmenalperiods

A time of radical adjusments

A plateau in development

A preview of later development

A hazardous period

Periods

Period of partunate

Period of neonate


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- simple automatics reaction to a particular stimulus

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