Preparing a Family For Childbirth & Parenting Flashcards
3 Important decisions Families need to make before labor include:
- Choice of birth attendance
- Choice of setting
- Amount & type of analgesic to use in labor
A woman experienced in childbirth who provides continuous emotional and physical support
DOULA
It prepares expectant parents emotionally and physically for childbirth while promoting wellness behaviors that can be used by parents and families for life
CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION
Assessing whether couples need preparation for childbirth or parenting class
CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION
Health care providers who usually have a professional degree specifically about childbirth education
CHILDBIRTH EDUCATORS
Include information such as their choice of setting, birth attendant, special needs, extent of family participation during labor, birthing positions……..
CHILDBIRTH PLAN
Specific visits for couple who plan to get pregnant within a short time and want to know more about what they can expect pregnancy to be like, birth setting and procedure choices exist
PRECONCEPTION VISITS
Designed for couple who are already pregnant
Focus on family health during pregnancy, covers topics like psychological, physical changes during pregnancy, nutrition, routine checkups and newborn care
EXPECTANT PARENTING CLASS
Designed to help women learn more about breastfeeding over bottle feeding and continue it at least for 6 months following childbirth
BREASTFEEDING CLASSES
Breastfeeding classes are often taught by a _____ instructor who is an expert on what problems new mothers are apt to conquer
LA LECHE LEAGUE
Focus mainly on explaining the psychological and physiologic changes that occurs with childbirth and ways to prevent or reduce the pain of childbirth
PREPARATION FOR CHILDBIRTH CLASS
will both increase blood circulation to the fetus and help prevent excessive weight gain in the mother
EXERCISE DURING PREGNANCY
Aimed at helping a woman relax and manage stress better for all times in her life, not just pregnancy
PRENATAL YOGA
Reduces discomfort, and helps perineal muscles function more efficiently after childbirth
PERINEAL AND ABDOMINAL EXERCISES
Give the exercises during pregnancy:
- PRENATAL YOGA
- PERINEAL & ABDOMINAL EXERCISES
- TAILOR SITTING
- SQUATTING
- KEGEL EXERCISES
- ADOMINAL MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS
- PELVIC ROCKING
- BIRTHING AIDS
Done in a way that stretches perineal muscles without occluding blood supply to the lower legs
TAILOR SITTING
Stretches perineal muscles and can be useful position for 2nd stage labor
SQUATTING
Exercise that can be done easily during daily activities
KEGEL EXERCISE
Help strengthen abdominal muscles during pregnancy
ABDOMINAL MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS
Helps relieve backache during pregnancy and early labor by making lumber spine more flexible
PELVIC ROCKING
Methods to manage pain in childbirth
- LAMAZE PHILOSOPHY
- DICK-READ METHOD
- BRADLEY METHOD
- PSYCHOSEXUAL METHOD
Bradley method was originated by
ROBERT BRADLEY
Based on the premises that pregnancy and childbirth are joyful natural processes and that a woman’s partner should play an important role during pregnancy, labor, and early newborn period
BRADLEY METHOD
It incudes program of conscious relaxation and levels of progressive breathing that encourage a woman to “flow with” rather than struggle against contractions
PSYCHOSEXUAL METHOD
The psychosexual method was developed by ____
SHIELA KITZINGER
The premise is that fear leads to tension, which leads to pain
DICK-READ METHOD
Who proposed the Dick-Read method?
GRANTLY DICK-READ
Who popularized the Lamaze Philosophy
FERDINAND LAMAZE
This method is based on the theory that through stimulus-response conditioning, women can learn to use controlled breathing to reduce pain during labor
THE LAMAZE PHILOSOPHY
3 main principles taught in prenatal period related to gating control method of pain relief
- Couple understand process of labor or birth
- Concentrate on breathing patterns or imagery
- Conditioned reflexes
Learning to relax body parts by deliberately relaxing one set of muscles, then another and another until her body is completely relaxed
CONSCIOUS RELAXATION
Woman breathes in deeply and then exhales deeply. Limits possibility of either hyperventilation or hypoventilation
CLEANSING BREATH
Blowing off too much carbon dioxide
HYPERVENTILATION
Not exhaling enough carbon dioxide
HYPOVENTILATION
Set breathing patterns at specific rates, provide distraction as well as prevents diaphragm from descending fully and putting pressure on the expanding uterus
CONSCIOUSLY CONTROLLED BREATHING
French for “light abdominal massage”. Done with just enough pressure to avoid tickling.
EFFLEURAGE
Focusing intently on an object is another method of keeping sensory input from reaching the cortex of the brain
FOCUSING OR IMAGERY
Women breathe any way that is natural for them, except holding their breath during this stage of labor
SECOND-STAGE BREATHING
It relieved pain, but also complicated birth.
CHLOROFORM
Gating pain control methods
- Conscious relaxation
- Cleansing breath
- Consciously controlled breathing
- Effleurage
- Focusing or imagery
- Second-stage breathing
Alternative methods of birth
- Leboyer Method
- Hydrotherapy & Water birth
- Unassisted birthing
The birthing room is darkened so there is no sudden contrast in light; it is kept pleasantly warm, not chilled
LEBOYER METHOD
He is a French obstetrician who postulated that moving from a warm, fluid-filled intrauterine environment to a noisy, air-filled, brightly lit birth room creates a major shock for a newborn
FREDERICK LEBOYER
Reclining or sitting in warm water during labor can be soothing; the feeling of weightlessness that occurs under water a well as the relaxation from the warm water both can contribute to reducing discomfort in labor
HYDROTHERAPY & WATER BIRTH
Refers to women giving birth without healthcare provider supervision
UNASSISTED BIRTHING
Women with unique needs
- Disability
- Cultural Concerns
- Morbidly obese
