PAIN MANAGEMENT DURING LABOR Flashcards
Originated by Robert Bradley
The Bradley (Partner-Coached) Method
Based on the premise that childbirth is a joyful natural process and stresses the important role of a woman’s partner during pregnancy, labor, and the early newborn period.
The Bradley (Partner-Coached) Method
emphasizes that birth is a natural process: mothers are encouraged to trust their body and focus on diet and exercise throughout pregnancy
The Bradley (Partner-Coached) Method
The Bradley Method emphasizes that birth is a natural process: it teaches couples to manage labor through deep breathing and the support of a partner or labor coach.
The Bradley (Partner-Coached) Method
this method teaches natural childbirth and views birth as a natural process.
The Bradley (Partner-Coached) Method
a system of natural labor techniques in which a woman and her coach play an active part
The Bradley (Partner-Coached) Method
It is a simple method of increasing self-awareness, teaching a woman how to deal with the stress of labor by tuning in to her own body.
The Bradley (Partner-Coached) Method
encourages mothers to trust their bodies using natural breathing, relaxation, nutrition, exercise, and education.
The Bradley (Partner-Coached) Method
developed by Sheila Kitzinger in England during the 1950s.
The Psychosexual Method
It stresses that pregnancy, labor, and birth, and the early newborn period are important points in a woman’s life cycle.
The Psychosexual Method
includes a program of conscious relaxation and levels of progressive breathing that encourages a woman to “flow with” rather than struggle against contractions.
The Psychosexual Method
Deliberately relaxing 1 set of muscles, then another, until her body is completely relaxed.
conscious relaxation
to begin all breathing exercises and to end each exercise
cleansing breath
woman breathes in deeply and exhales deeply
cleansing breath
It limits possibility of hyper- and hypoventilation
cleansing breath
