Childbirth Choices

HPC 3OFebruary 22nd, 2013

A Day in the Life of a Midwife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf7q07gYSog

Prepared Childbirth

An educational approach to LABOR and DELIVERY in which the parents are specially prepared for the event. The aim is for the mother to be awake and cooperative and for the father to assume an active and supportive role during the birth of their child. Called also natural, educated, or cooperative childbirth.

Prepared Childbirth

What do you learn in childbirth classes?

-What happens during labor-What happens during delivery-Films of childbirth and reading

material-Tour the maternity area of the

hospital-Learning skills to cope with

discomforts of labor-Mother joins with “coach”

Who Will Deliver the Baby?

Obstetricians Family doctors Licensed midwives – nurse midwife

vs. lay midwife

Who Will Deliver the Baby?

Parents should: Find out how emergency calls will be

handled at night Which hospital or medical centre the

doc is affiliated with What programs and facilities the

hospital has Whether the doc has the same ideas

about delivery procedures as they do

Where Will the Baby be Born? Used to be born @ home! Today usually hospitals Hospitals offer the following services:-classes-special programs for young children-programs encourage fathers and other family

members to help the mother-Birthing rooms-positions-Lights, music, etc;

Alternative Birth Centre

Separate from the hospital, has homelike rooms for giving birth

Birthing aided by midwives Most will only accept mothers with a low risk of

delivery complications Birth centers in Ontario

Mini-Test Outline!

10 Matching 10 True/False 15 Multiple Choice Questions

Mini-Test Outline

What to study? The developing baby: prenatal Problems in Prenatal development

birth defects & causes Diagnosis of birth defects Healthy Pregnancy nutritional

requirements, weight requirements, etc;