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Index
cleanliness, 42–43
eating well, 33–42
exercise, 43–44
illness during pregnancy, 97–101
importance of, 70
pregnancy health history,
85–107
prenatal checkups, 108–145
preventing infection, 49–69
purposes of, 70
record of prenatal care, 145
sleep, rest, and relaxation, 44
things to avoid, 45–47
warning signs (medical help
needed), 106, 109
woman’s body in pregnancy,
27–30, 73–83
for women with HIV, 101, 335
Health history, 85–107
age, 90
health problems at present,
97–101
medicines she is taking, 103
miscarriages or abortions, 91–92
months pregnant and due date,
88–90
number of previous babies, 90–91
other things affecting pregnancy
and birth, 104–107
overview, 85
past problems with pregnancy or
birth, 93–96
problems with medicines, 103
signs of pregnancy, 86–87
tetanus vaccinations, 101–102
Health workers. See Doctors;
Midwives
Heartbeat (baby), 139–141,
172–173, 243
checking after birth, 243, 255
checking during labor, 172–173
checking speed of, 141
equipment for listening to, 139
fast, 173, 184, 243, 255
finding, 139
finding baby’s position by, 140,
172
listening to, 139–141, 172
listening to heart sounds, 262
missing (molar pregnancy sign),
134
pulse in cord, 139, 177
quiet, 141
as sign of pregnancy, 87
slow, 141, 172–173, 177, 184, 208,
243, 255
stopped, 134
swishy sound, 139
twins, 143–144
warning signs versus
healthy signs, 141, 172–173
Heartbeat (mother). See Pulse
(mother)
Heartburn, 74–75
Heart (meat), 42
Heart monitors, 437
Heart problems
Also see High blood pressure
pregnancy problems and, 97
signs of, 78
Heat. See Fever; Temperature
Hee breathing, 170
Helper for birth, 151, 223
Helping Children Who Are Blind, 267
Helping Children Who Are Deaf, 267
Helping Health Workers Learn, 5, 41
Hematoma (blood blister)
in baby’s head, 260
in vagina after birth, 248–249
Hemorrhage. See Bleeding
Hemorrhoids (piles), 77
Hepatitis, 336
HIV and , 492
immunization for hepatitis B, 267
pregnancy problems and, 97, 336
signs of hepatitis B, 336
stopping spread of, 50, 51
treating hepatitis B, 336
Herbal supplements in health
history, 103
Herbicides, 47
Heroin, 46
Herpes, genital, 331–332
High blood pressure
bleeding and, 231
caring for, 124–125
during labor, 180–181
family planning and, 306
late in pregnancy, with
headaches, 81
in past pregnancies, 93
pre-eclampsia and, 125, 126,
180–182
pregnancy problems and, 81, 97
protein in the urine and, 125, 126,
180
as warning sign, 122, 180
womb growing too slowly and,
134
High Level Disinfection (HLD), 59.
Also see Sterilizing equipment
Hips
checking baby’s, 264–265
deformity in mother, 97
dislocated (baby), 265
HIV, 99–101, 334–335
Also see Sexually transmitted
infections (STIs)
AIDS, 99
breastfeeding and, 286, 293–294
care for pregnant women with,
101
CD4 test, 335, 492
cesarean surgery and, 436
family planning methods and,
300–301
germs and, 50, 51
helping to stop, 100
how it is spread, 99–100 , 286
instrument birth and, 435
medicines for, 101, 335, 492–498
pregnancy and, 335
pregnancy problems and, 97, 101
preventing after accidental
exposure or rape, 493
preventing mother to child
transmission of, 495
protecting against, 99–101, 334
signs of, 334
spermicides and, 305
tests for, 99, 100, 334
HLD (High Level Disinfection), 59.
Also see Sterilizing equipment
Homemade equipment, 443–446
due date calculator, 527
scales, 445–446
stethoscopes, 445
timers, 443–444
Homemade sponge method for
family planning, 317
Homemade teaching materials
basic methods for making, 447
model of birth, 461
model of pelvis, 448–449
model of pregnancy, 454–460
model of vagina, 452–453
model of womb, 450–451
Hookworm, anemia caused by, 37
Hormonal methods for family
planning, 305–310
birth control pills, 307–308
other methods compared to, 301
overview, 305–306
side effects, 306
women who should not use, 306
Hospital or medical center
access to, 437
anemia and birth in, 116
baby taken from mother in, 240
benefits and risks of, 16–17
breech baby and, 142
cleaning, 57, 58
distance from care, 104
infection danger and, 52
lab tests, 434
medicines from, 434
midwives at, 440–441
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