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Uses Anxiety Opportunity for enhanced concentration Desires control related to labor pain Environmental distractions Helplessness Nausea Pain Panic Opportunity for enhanced relaxation Opportunity for enhanced self efficacy Shaking Stress Physiology Deep breathing is very useful to help with feelings of … Read More

Required Reading Reading from purchased books: Watch: Helping Couples Communicate and Connect (This is on our student fb group) Read “Chapter 5: Communication Skills and Tools,” The Nurturing Touch at Birth, pp. 25-30 Read Conflict Resolution Read Assertiveness Training Read … Read More

Required Readings Readings from Online: Newborn Baby Care (http://www.givingbirthnaturally.com/newborn-baby-care.html) Watch: Assignment to Turn in Contact a hospital or birth center close to you and discuss what their usual care after birth entails. Make sure you find out about how they … Read More

Required Readings Readings from Online: Care in the Third Stage of Labor (http://www.womenandbirth.org/article/S1871-5192%2809%2900029-8/fulltext) Physiologic Care Verus Expentant Management in 3rd Stage (http://www.womenandbirth.org/article/S1871-5192%2810%2900022-3/fulltext) An Actively Managed Birth – the Best Option Physiological Birth (http://mana.org/pdfs/Physiological-Birth-Consensus-Statement.pdf) Assignment to Turn in Please answer and … Read More

Required Readings Readings from online: The Placenta: Essential Resuscitation Equipment This was read in a previous unit, so just refresh your memory. Delayed Cord Clamping Should be Standard Practice (http://academicobgyn.com/2009/12/03/delayed-cord-clamping-should-be-standard-practice-in-obstetrics/) Delayed Cord Clamping Ground Rounds (http://academicobgyn.com/2011/01/30/delayed-cord-clamping-grand-rounds/) Delayed Cord Clamping podcast … Read More

Required Reading Readings from online: Bearing Down or Directed Pushing (pdf) Supporting Women E-Book Assignment to Turn in Talk to three care providers in your area to assess their comfort level with spontaneous pushing. Include the following: How they normally … Read More

With the progressive labor model, pushing should happen spontaneously and without direction. The urge to push may happen gradually and become a very strong urge that is difficult to ignore. A woman could be encouraged to push if she feels … Read More

Required Reading Reading from online: “Signs of Progression” Handout (https://www.trainingdoulas.com/childbirth-classes/penny-simkins-6-ways-to-progress-a-variation-handout/) Station During Childbirth (http://thebeginningofmotherhood.blogspot.com/search?q=station) Cervical Ripening (http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/263311-overview). Read first four sections through “Roles of Various Hormones…” Effacement (http://www.americanpregnancy.org/labornbirth/effacement.html Rotation Asynclitism Anterior Cervical Lip Reading from purchased books: Read the following … Read More

Required Readings Readings from online: Prodromal Labor (http://wendyrfuldoula.blogspot.com/2010/10/prodromal-labor-start-and-stop-start.html) Rethinking Second Stage Labor Readings from purchased books: Read “Postgraduate Training – Renee and Oliver” (ninth chapter), Homebirth in the Hospital, pp. 111-23 Assignment to Turn in Describe how we know this … Read More

(Note: The original link for this article has been hacked, so I am providing the information below for now, it was first published on the BirthSense blog.)   In a fetus that initially had a normal heart rate pattern and … Read More