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stimulating to encourage labor,
192
thrush (yeast infection), 290
Nitrazine papers, 174
Non-Western systems of medicine,
17
Nose, checking baby’s, 261
Numbing
cervix during MVA, 424
torn area before sewing, 360–361
Numbness of feet, 117
Nutrition. See Bottle feeding;
Breastfeeding; Eating and food
Nuts, 35, 38
O
Observing in pregnancy care, 70
Ointments. See Medicines
Opening of the vagina, enlarging.
See Episiotomy (cutting the
vaginal opening)
Opening (stage 1 of labor),
167–193
Also see Encouraging labor; Labor
and birth; Signs (mother in
labor, birth, and after)
active labor, 167
baby does not fit through pelvis,
189
baby’s heartbeat, checking,
172–173
baby’s position, checking, 170–171
baby’s position, difficult or
impossible, 190–191
bag of waters, 174–177
bleeding during labor, 183
blood pressure, checking
mother’s, 180–182
breathing by the mother, 170
convulsions (fits) during, 181–182
cord coming in front of baby
(prolapsed), 176–177
helping the mother relax, 169–170
keeping germs out of vagina, 175
labor patterns in, 168
late labor, 167
light labor, 167
long labor, 186–191
overview, 146, 155–156, 167–168
pain in the womb, 183–185
parts, 167
pre-eclampsia and, 180–182
pulse, checking mother’s, 178
pushing, avoiding, 186, 196
signs for the midwife to check,
170–193
signs of progress, 185
size of fully open cervix, 156
sounds that are helpful, 169
temperature, checking mother’s,
178–179
touching the mother, 169
vaginal exam, 186
when you first arrive, 168
Operation, birth by. See Cesarean
surgery (birth by operation)
Opium, 46
Organ meats, 42
Ovaries
bimanual (2-hand) exam, 387
illustrated, 28, 29
Overweight mother, 115, 118
Oxygen, giving to baby, 241, 437
Oxygen tent, 437
Oxytocin
in “active management” of
stage 3, 225
to help the placenta come out,
224, 228
to help the womb contract, 236
not giving at home, 434
to stop bleeding from the womb,
230, 231, 232, 234
P
Packaged foods, 39
Pain
Also see Signs (baby); Signs
(mother during pregnancy);
Signs (mother in labor, birth,
and after)
baby kicking, 80
back, 80, 113–114
belly, 79, 109, 113–114, 125
changes and discomforts in
pregnancy, 76–81
between contractions, 184
easing during labor, 169–170,
187–188, 193
gas pains (colic) in baby, 291
headaches, 81, 109
joints, 79, 81
legs, 113–114
lower belly, 128
lump (abscess) in breast, 288
in one leg, constant, 81, 113
preventing during MVA, 421, 424
stomach (heartburn), 74–75
unusual pains during pregnancy,
81
on urination, 77, 128
vagina, after birth, 248–249
warning signs versus
healthy signs, 113–114
in womb during labor, 183–185
Pains, labor. See Contractions
Palate, cleft, 261–262
Pale color
baby, 244–245, 266
cord white after birth, 157
inside of eyelids, fingernails,
and gums, 116
shock and, 239
Panting, 170, 201
Pap test for infections or cancer,
379, 381–383
Paper mache models, 447
Paper pelvis model, 448–449
Parasites, 37, 74, 86, 111, 118
Partners
abusive, 105
family planning and, 318
feeding first, 9
helper for birth, 151
for improving women’s health, 9
as people who affect a woman’s
health, 8–9
permission for care from, 107
sex during pregnancy and, 83
support from, 105, 106
women’s health affected by, 8–9
Patterns. See Models for teaching
Peas, 35, 41
Peeing. See Urinating
Pelvic exam, 373–387
asking about history before, 375
before the exam, 375–376
bimanual (2-hand) exam, 373,
384–387
making safe, 374–375
Pap test for infections or cancer,
379, 381–383
parts of, 373
speculum exam, 373, 377–383
tools for, 376
uses for, 373
vinegar test for HPV, 379, 380
visual exam, 373, 376
when to do and not to do, 374
Pelvic infection
(pelvic inflammatory disease
or PID), 325
Pelvis
Also see Pelvic exam; Pubic bone
baby does not fit through, 189,
204
baby moving down through,137,
171
baby stuck at shoulders, 211–213
illustrated, 27
model for teaching about, 448–449
not formed well in mother, 96
small, symphysiotomy for, 436
squeezing exercise for (Kegels),
44
Penicillins, 471
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