- Industry: Health care
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An intervention to help labor that has begun naturally to progress more rapidly. Often, Pitocin (a synthetic form of the hormone oxytocin) is used to make contractions stronger or to rupture the membranes.
Industry:Parenting
A transfusion of a person's own blood. Sometimes, in anticipation of surgery, a woman may donate her own blood for use later.
Industry:Parenting
A medication that produces a loss of sensation, either partially or completely.
Industry:Parenting
Ko je otrok obrnjen proti materini hrbtenici v maternici in/ali med porodom. To je najbolj pogost položaj za rojevanje dojenčkov.
Industry:Parenting
Injection of a sterile saline solution into the amniotic sac when there isn't enough amniotic fluid, when there is thick meconium staining, or to prevent the umbilical cord from being squeezed during delivery when the level of amniotic fluid is too low.
Industry:Parenting
Artificial rupturing of the membranes (amniotic sac) by a doctor or midwife to help speed labor. Amniotomy is done with an instrument that looks like a long crochet hook with a sharp tip.
Industry:Parenting
A medication that reduces the sensation of pain without loss of consciousness. Demerol is a commonly used analgesic during labor.
Industry:Parenting
Tiny milk-producing sacs that are arranged in clusters throughout the breast. Each breast has hundreds of alveoli. Once the milk is produced, it's secreted into tube-shaped ducts that travel to the nipple.
Industry:Parenting
Teaching conscious control over posture and movement, this technique can be used in childbirth education to help women cope with labor pain.
Industry:Parenting
