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Labor and Delviery
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Labor and Delivery
Preparing For Birth
Early signs
Early Signs of labor
- Cervix begins to Dilate
Explanation: Helps allow the baby move into birth canal
- Water Breaking
Explanation: When your water breaks it is a sign that your amniotic sac has ruptured .
- Fatigue and Nesting Instincts
Explanation: you feel tired because you're growing a baby. In addition to hormonal changes, physical and emotional changes also lower your energy levels and make you feel fatigued.
Real vs False Labor
Real vs False
Real Labor
- Contractions: A contraction is when the muscles of your uterus tighten up like a fist and then relax. Contractions help push your baby out
- Water breaks: Baby has been growing in amniotic fluid.
- Bloody Mucus Discharge: Your cervix and other muscles are highly vascular. Meaning it has a lot of blood vessels. which may cause brownish- pink discharge.
- Nesting instinct: when you want to get things organized in your home to get ready for your baby.
False Labor
Contraction pain
Irregular Contractions
Irregular contractions that don't get close together.
It can also be painful and they might stop when you walk or change position.
False Labor
Weak Contractions
Usually contractions won't get stronger over time.
Birth of the baby
- Vaginal Birth
- Natural
- scheduled induction
- C-section
- crouching method
- birth in water
Delivery Options
EVOLUTION
1) when the cervix opens up to 10 cm
2) Baby starts to make its way down the vagina then it's born.
3) when the placenta is delivered
Stages of labor and delivery
New born characteristics
Newborn
Skin can be a dark red to dark purple when it is born and slowly turn into it's normal color. When baby starts to breathe that when it turns red and by the first day it should fade to it's normal color.
New born face can be puffy and eyes can be swollen up to 2-3 months.
https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/preconceptioncare/conditioninfo/health-problems
https://www.google.com/search?q=newborn