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Glossary of pregnancy terms: O
Obstetric cholestatis A liver disease which causes a pregnant women to experience widespread and severe itching. Other symptoms can include pale or white stools, dark urine, stomach pain and jaundice. A blood test can be used to help identify the condition. It is usual to delivery the baby early as the risk of stillbirth is…
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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Pregnancy hormones : mean, moody and magnificent
Feeling sluggish How you might feel: Sluggish… constipated… swollen ankles. Eeek! The culprit: Progesterone As soon as ovulation occurs, progesterone levels climb and its main role is to keep the lining of the womb ready to receive the newly-fertilised egg. Why it’s good: Progesterone is essential for keeping your pregnancy going-it stops your womb from contracting too soon and…
Posted in Pregnancy
Tagged Hormone, hormone levels, Labour, oxytocin, pain, Pelvis, Pregnancy, Progesterone, Prolactin
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Stimulating labour naturally
There are some simple ways you can try to encourage labour to begin: Make love. When the cervix or neck of the womb is ready for labour to begin, it has the same texture as your lips and is described as being ripe. An unripe cervix is long and hard, rather like the end of your nose.…
Posted in Labour and Birth
Tagged Cervix, Childbirth, contractions, Nipple, Orgasm, oxytocin, Pregnancy, Reproductive system, Semen
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What is hypnobirthing?
Incredible but true … some women don’t want artificial pain relief to get through labour. But before you dismiss them as, at best – mad, at worst – superhuman, check out hypnobirthing – a natural form of pain management during childbirth. What is hypnobirthing? Increasingly, hypnotherapy is gaining credence in mainstream medicine for its powerful and beneficial effects at…
Hypnotherapy for labour
Hypnotherapy for labour Incredible but true … some women don’t want artificial pain relief to get through labour. But before you dismiss them as, at best – mad, at worst – superhuman, check out the benefits of hypnotherapy – a natural form of pain management during childbirth. What is hypnotherapy for birth? The benefits of…
Posted in Hypnobirthing, Labour and Birth, Pain Relief
Tagged Childbirth, contractions, Gomi, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Jessica Warren, Maggie Howell, Midwife, oxytocin, pain, Relaxation, Self-hypnosis, Susan, therapist, Water birth
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Natural third stage of labour
Some couples may not like the idea of using the synthetic product syntometrine and prefer to let nature take its course, allowing the placenta to come out in its own time. This also reduces the risk of a retained placenta (this happens when the uterus contracts down hard before the placenta is delivered, which may then…
Posted in Labour and Birth
Tagged Childbirth, Embryology, Midwife, Neuropeptides, oxytocin, Placenta, Pregnancy, retained placenta, Umbilical cord
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Second stage
Second stage The time from full dilation of the cervix to the moment when the baby is outside the mother’s body. Pushing during the second stage can last from a few minutes up to a couple of hours. Show A show is when the thick mucus which plugs the narrow channel of the cervix during…
Posted in Labour and Birth
Tagged Cervix, Childbirth, Induction, Midwife, Mucus, Neuropeptides, oxytocin, Pregnancy, syntocinon
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Does motherhood make you smarter?
It’s official: motherhood does make you smarter. Sam Pope talked to US journalist, author and mother Katherine Ellison about her ground-breaking book The Mommy Brain to find out why your brain doesn’t turn to mush during motherhood. Did people joke about your ‘diminishing’ brain capacity when you became a mum?I think I probably made the most self-deprecating comments,…
Posted in Post natal-pregnancy
Tagged Daniel Goleman, Family, journalist, Katherine Ellison, Massage, Mother, Motherhood, Neuropeptides, oxytocin, Pregnancy, Scientist
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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…
