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Once you have thoroughly assessed the pain, it is time to move on to making a plan about how you will deal with that. Some of this you will have already discussed before hand and may be in her original … Read More

Required Reading Reading from purchased books:  Read the two sub-sections on “Internal and External Rituals” and “How to Help with Labor Rituals” in “Chapter 4: Comfort Measures for Labor,” The Birth Partner, pp.116-19 Read “Chapter 5: As Simple as It … Read More

Whatever the cause, pain in labor does not need to be viewed as an emergency. Instead, you should look to your client and how they perceive pain. This will give you an idea of how you should respond. Fears about … Read More

Pain can have a number consequences that effect how a mother feels, as well as detrimental effects on the labor itself. One of these is hyperventilation, which can make a mother feel more anxious and out of control, as well … Read More

Required Reading Readings from Online:  Read an article that you choose from Pub Med.  Pick one that has to do with labor and pain. Watch lecture on writing a research critique. Assignment to Turn in Summarize the article you read.  … Read More

Required Reading Read Case Study 8 and Case Study 9. Assignment to Turn in Tell what may cause pain in these particular situations and why (remember that pain is caused by physical/social/and cognitive processes).  Please make sure that your answers … Read More

There are three processes involved when pain is transmitted to the brain. The first begins at the point of injury and includes how the pain impulse is transmitted. The second is how our brain interprets it, and the third is … Read More

Physiologic causes There are numerous theories related to how our physiology causes pain during contractions. One has to do with how our cells react to a depletion in oxygen. When the uterus contracts, it may constrict the blood supply and … Read More

In a typical medical books, pain is defined as something that causes tissue damage, or arises from physical injury or potential injury.   Even among those in the medical world, though, have had a hard time labeling and defining pain.  … Read More

Required Reading: Reading from course material:  Read blog post on Hypnobirthing and Perspectives on Hypnobirthing and it’s comments. Assignment to turn in: Hypnobirthing has a lot of theories that it describes. The main one discusses the idea that pain is caused … Read More