CLD 101 Lecture 5: Human development 1 - lecture 5

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Early Childhood Studies
• Course: CLD 101
• Professor: Julia Forgie

Document Summary

Medicalization of childbirth has social and emotional costs roles of doulas and midwives. The birth process labour is brought on by: series of uterine, cervical, and other changed that begin about 2 weeks before delivery. Definitive trigger for the advent of labour is unclear: likely due in prt to hormones released by the placenta and fetus. Dilation of the cervix longest stage lasts 12 to 14 hours for a woman having her first child stages in childbirth. Second stage lasts up to an hour or two. (cid:271)egi(cid:374)s (cid:449)he(cid:374) the (cid:271)a(cid:271)y"s head (cid:271)egi(cid:374)s to (cid:373)o(cid:448)e through the (cid:272)ervix into the vaginal canal. E(cid:374)ds (cid:449)he(cid:374) the (cid:271)a(cid:271)y e(cid:373)erges (cid:272)o(cid:373)pletely fro(cid:373) the (cid:373)other"s (cid:271)ody. Lasts between 10 minutes and 1 hour. Episiotomy surgical cut between the vagina and anus. Was a standard practice intended to: enlarge the vaginal opening, speed up delivery, prevent the vagina from tearing. Electronic fetal monitoring tra(cid:272)ks fetus"s heart(cid:271)eat duri(cid:374)g la(cid:271)our can help detect any serious problems.