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Glossary of pregnancy terms: F
Fallopian tubes Part of the female reproductive system. The eggs produced in the ovaries have to travel down the fallopian tubes before embedding in the lining of the uterus. Occasionally a fertilised egg will embed in the tube, causing an ectopic pregnancy. Fetal blood sampling (FBS) If a baby appears to be in distress during…
First 24 hours as a mum
I went into hospital to be induced at 37 weeks as scans showed my placenta may not have been working efficiently. I received the first dose of gel and began contracting mildly, according to them, but fairly strongly according to me! The hospital were too busy to help me progress so I was left in…
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Tagged Caesarean section, Case study, Childbirth, Epidural, Episiotomy, Forceps, labour and birth
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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…
Your baby’s head
Your baby’s head may seem big in proportion to the rest of their body and, depending on how they were born, may be a bit oddly-shaped for various reasons: If he was born normally, in the first day or two his head may have a slightly oval shape from where it was moulded as he came through…
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Tagged appearance, Baby, Birth, Caesarean section, Forceps, head, newborn, Ventouse
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Induction
Stimulating labour naturally You’ll come across loads of suggestions for different things that you can do to try and start labour off yourself. These include: Having sex because semen contains prostaglandin, which can help soften the cervix. A few studies have shown that having sex at term may decrease the need for labour induction, but…
Posted in Birth choices, Labour and Birth, Online antenatal classes
Tagged antenatal class, Artificial rupture of membranes, babyworld online antenatal class, Caesarean section, class 7, Forceps, Induction, labour and birth, overdue, oxytocin, pessaries, Pre-eclampsia, Prostaglandin, stretch and sweep, syntocinon, Ventouse
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Your perineum
Your perineum is the area of tissue between your vagina and your back passage. When your baby’s being born, this tissue gets stretched and very thin – sometimes so thin that it tears. The more stretchy and elastic the tissue is, though, the less likely it may be to tear. The thought of tearing or…
Posted in Birth choices, Labour and Birth, Online antenatal classes, Pregnancy Health
Tagged antenatal class, babyworld online antenatal class, class 7, Episiotomy, Forceps, Midwife, pelvic floor exercise, Perineal dilator, Perineal massage, Perineum, Shoulder dystocia, stitches, Tears, Ventouse
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Forceps and ventouse
Until very recently, most British hospitals used forceps far more frequently than ventouse, but the balance between the two methods is now shifting and if you have a preference for one over the other, you may be able to choose. Forceps Forceps have been described as looking like stainless steel salad servers. They are quite…
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Tagged Childbirth, Epidural, Episiotomy, Forceps, Midwife, vacuum device, Ventouse
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Assisted labour
All labours are different, and they all proceed at their own rate. So it’s impossible to say exactly how long any one labour will, or should, be. Some doctors believe that there’s a minimum ideal rate of progress and that if labour is going more slowly than that, things should be done to speed it…
Many caesareans are unnecessary
22nd September 2006 A group of senior obstetricians have warned that many emergency caesareans are unnecessary. Writing in the British Medical Journal, the experts said that more than one in five of UK babies are born by Caesarean often because labour is failing to progress but this number could be reduced if senior doctors were present. The doctors looked…
Forceps birth increase incontinence risk
USING forceps in a birth increases the chance that a women will be left faecally incontenint, researchers have claimed. Nearly 300,000 vaginal births, which took place in 1994 and 1995, were studied for the research, carried out by scientists in two Dutch hospitals. Nearly 2% of the women suffered serious tears to the perineum. Women…
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Tagged British Journal, Childbirth, cut in the tissue, editor-in-chief, Episiotomy, Fecal incontinence, Forceps, Jan Willem de Leeuw, John Grant, Perineal dilator, Rotterdam, South Holland, the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vacuum extractor, Ventouse
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