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Glossary of pregnancy terms: V
VBAC Vaginal birth after Caesarean Ventouse A device using a vacuum cup which the obstetrician fixes onto the baby’s head to help pull him down through the last stretch of the birth canal. Ventouse is an alternative to forceps. Vernix The white waxy substance that coats a baby’s skin while in the uterus. It can…
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…
Birth plan: examples
How you write your plan will depend on how strongly you feel about any specific areas. It can be quite short and simple, as these examples show. Birth plan one I hope to keep as active and mobile as possible in labour with the help of my partner Paul. I would appreciate your help and…
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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Cherie Blair To Have Caesarean
Cherie Booth, wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair, is planning to have her fourth baby by Caesarean Section, a doctor has let slip. Fertility expert Lord Robert Winston, who is a friend of the Blair family, let slip the news during an interview with the New Statesman magazine. 45-year-old Mrs Blair is currently five months…
Home Births Are As Safe As Hospital Births Says Roual College of Midwives
Following recent news stories about the tragic death of a baby whose parents refused assistance from midwives during a planned home birth, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has reassured parents-to-be that home births are just as safe as hospital births. Dame Karlene Davies, General Secretary of the RCM, said that the outcomes of planned…
A “real” baby for the Christmas crib
Jasmine found a ‘real’ baby in the crib – her baby sister, Maisie, made it the best Christmas ever. Lots of false starts Maisie was due either 18th or 25th December. We’d had lots of false starts but a week of no action at all before it finally began. After a brisk, very cold walk round a local…
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Tagged Birth, Caesarean section, Case study, Childbirth, Christmas, Epidural, Ventouse
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