Index
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reflexes, 244
rescue breathing, 242–243
shoulders, delivering, 210–213
sick or dead in past birth, 95
small, 221, 254, 256–257, 292
small in past birth, 94
weight, 256–258
Back
checking baby’s, 265
lower back deformity in mother,
97
lying on during labor, avoiding,
162, 200
pains, 80, 113–114
Bacterial vaginosis (BV or
gardnerella), 328
Bag of waters, 174–177
baby floating in, 30
breaking as sign of labor starting,
151
breaks early, medical help
needed for, 106
checking if broken, 174
color of waters, 174–175, 208
pelvic exam and, 374
stool in waters, 174–175, 209, 213
time between labor start and
breaking of, 175–176
tool for breaking, 435
too little water, 134
too much water, 133
Baking, sterilizing tools by, 61
Barbiturates, 46
BCG vaccination, 267
Beam scale, homemade, 445–446
Beans, 35, 41
Bed nets, 98
Bedding, 58, 98, 163
Beliefs, harmful, 39–40
Belly
baby drops lower in, 149
checking baby’s, 263
cleaning after birth, 247
cramps in early pregnancy, 79
growing larger, 86
nausea (morning sickness), 73–74,
86, 110–111
pain severe in, 109
pain sudden, 79
pain, sudden, steady, and severe,
125
pain, warning signs versus
healthy signs, 113–114
pressure to stop bleeding after
birth, 237
pushing on, avoiding during
birth, 205
Bilirubin, 279
Bimanual (2-hand) pelvic exam,
373, 384–387
Birth. See Labor and birth
Birth box (model for teaching), 461
Birth by operation. See Cesarean
surgery
Birth control. See Family planning
Birth control pills, 307–308
Birth defects, 266–267
alcohol drinking by mother and,
46
causes of, 267
checking baby for, 266
helping parents of children with,
266–267
medicines and, 45
in past pregnancies, 95
rubella (German measles) and, 45,
95
Birth of the placenta (stage 3 of
labor), 223–245
Also see Labor and birth; Signs
(mother in labor, birth, and
after)
“active management” of, 225
baby has breathing problems,
240–241
baby not breathing, 241–243
bleeding after placenta is born,
236–239
bleeding before placenta is born,
226
bleeding, dangers of, 224–239
caring for the baby, 240–245
checking the baby’s health,
240–245
checking the physical signs of
mother, 223
checking the placenta and cord,
233–234
death of baby and, 243
guiding the placenta out by the
cord, 228–229
helping the mother push,
227–231
helping the womb contract after,
224, 236–238
if no helper is available, 223
medicines for, 224, 225, 228, 231,
233, 237
overview, 146, 157
piece of placenta left inside
womb, 234–235
rubbing the womb after, 224, 236
shock (signs and treatment), 239
signs that the placenta has
separated, 226–227
taking out the placenta by hand,
230–231
torn vagina, 239
womb comes out with the
placenta, 232–233
Birth pants (model for teaching),
461
Bladder infection, 128–129
caring for, 129
fever from, 120
labor and, 179
pregnancy problems and, 97
preventing, 129
signs of, 77, 128
Bleach
disinfecting solution using, 57, 59
never mixing with ammonia, 57
for sterilizing tools, 59, 64
washing floor with, 57
Bleeding
Also see Blood; Monthly bleeding
(menstruation)
after abortion or miscarriage, 406,
412–414
after birth, 224–239
after female genital cutting
(circumcision), 368
after placenta is born, 236–239
bladder of mother full and, 352
blood pressure drops during
labor and, 180
with constant pain, late in
pregnancy, 114
with cramps during first
6 months, 112
detached placenta (abruption)
and, 114, 180, 184, 205, 219,
354
during labor, 183, 205
in early pregnancy, 79
episiotomy and, 354
first weeks after birth, 270
gums, 117
heavy, after abortion or
miscarriage, 406, 412–414
heavy, before placenta is born,
226
heavy, in past pregnancies, 95
heavy, medical help needed for,
106
heavy, preventing after birth, 248
high blood pressure and, 122
IV for blood loss, 350–351
with no pain, 112, 183
show (mucus tinged with blood),
150–151
spotting, 79, 112
swollen veins around genitals
and, 76
torn vagina, 239
twins and, 219, 220, 221
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A Book for Midwives (2010)