Psychology 2075 Lecture 6: Psych 2075 ch 6 and 8

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Michelle Everest

Document Summary

Transition the most intense part of labour contractions every 1-2 minutes, and they last 90 seconds doula: non-medical assistant who provides emotional and information support during childbirth, not a clinical care giver. Midwife: primary clinical care provider, provides care throughout the pregnancy (pregnancy, birth and postpartum care) Fear of labour there is many myths and misinformation from the media as well as from friends. There is a choice of where you can have your baby birthing centres, home-birth or hospitals people have specific views of where they want to have their babies, and they should not be talked out of this choice. Major abdominal surgery there are medical reasons to have a c-section placenta previa: the placenta is low in the uterus, vaginal delivery is not possible and there is a danger of haemorrhage, placenta blocks cervical opening. Brazil: 90% of c-sections done in private hospitals (they view vaginal birth as the old way to do things)