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Glossary of pregnancy terms: E
Electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) The continuous monitoring of the baby during labour, either through transducers which are attached by belts to the mother’s abdomen, or by a scalp electrode which is inserted through the mother’s vagina and attached to the baby’s scalp. Embryo For the first 10 weeks of pregnancy the baby is called an embryo. After…
Common forms of pain relief during labour
There are several choices to make regarding medical forms of pain relief, and each has its advantages and disadvantages. Talk through your options with your midwife. The right choice will depend in part on how far into labour you are, and how quickly labour is progressing. Your midwife will do an internal examination to see how dilated your cervix…
Advantages of waterbirths
Immersion in warm water is an excellent form of pain relief. Some women feel the relief as soon as they lower themselves into the pool, for others it takes 10-15 minutes to get the full benefit The depth of the water gives support and makes it easier to try different positions The warm water is a natural…
Posted in Labour and Birth, Water birth
Tagged Baby, benefits, contractions, Entonox, gas and air, labour and birth, pain relief, Relaxation, Water birth
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Pain relief for a home birth
Probably since you decided on a home birth, most people will have asked what you’ll do without an epidural. Well, while it’s true that you cannot have an epidural at a home birth, not every hospital birth has an epidural either! It also doesn’t mean that you have to go through your whole labour without any form of pain…
Birth plan: Beth and Jonathan’s hospital birth plan
Beth and Jonathan Simpson’s hospital birth plan We have attended antenatal classes at UCH as well as NCT classes and a workshop at the Active Birth Centre, and I would like to try to have as active and natural a birth as possible. Despite my high hopes, though, I am keeping an open mind as…
Common forms of pain relief using drugs
There are several choices to make regarding medical forms of pain relief, and each has its advantages and disadvantages. Talk through your options with your midwife. The right choice will depend in part on how far into labour you are, and how quickly labour is progressing. Your midwife will do an internal examination to see how dilated your cervix…
Posted in Common pain relief, Labour and Birth, Pain Relief
Tagged Birth, diamorphine, Entonox, Epidural, gas and air, Labour, Meptazinol, pain, pain relief, Pethidine, Ventouse
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