FMLY 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Lamaze Technique, Natural Childbirth, Fetal Distress

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Family Social Sciences
• Course: FMLY 1010
• Professor: Christine A.Schippers

Document Summary

Assess, supervise, and care for women prior to and during pregnancy, labour, and postpartum period. Licensed to conduct deliveries and to care for newborn. Analgesics given during labour to reduce pain. Anesthesia given later in labour to block pain. Totally blocks pain (general), blocks in certain body part (local epidural) Drugs given during labour pass through the placenta, enter fetal bloodstream, and may remain there for several days. Fetuses (cid:449)ho"s (cid:373)others gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) drugs are (cid:373)ore sluggish, gai(cid:374) less (cid:449)eight, spe(cid:374)d (cid:373)ore ti(cid:373)e sleepi(cid:374)g i(cid:374) first few week. No consistently observed effects of analgesics and tranquilizers after first few days. Natural childbirth a(cid:448)oidi(cid:374)g a(cid:374)(cid:455) drugs (cid:862)lamaze method(cid:863) Rely on psychological and behavioural methods of pain management: select labour coach, take childbirth classes to psychologically prepare. Women often deliver babies in specialized maternity clinics, 4 alternatives in canada: Traditional hospital maternity unit: birth centre/birthing room in a hospital (homelike setting, family members present) o.