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Strengthening labor.
See Encouraging labor
Suction trap, 213
Sugars (go foods), 34, 35
Sulfas (sulfanomides), 471
Supplements in health history, 103
Supplies. See Tools and supplies
Supporting labor, 158, 169–170,
200–202
Surgical birth. See Cesarean surgery
(birth by operation)
Suture lines in baby’s head, 259
Sutures, 358
Sweating
during pregnancy, 78
shock and, 239
Swelling
breasts (engorged), 76, 288
face and hands (warning sign), 76,
81, 109, 126, 127
feet, 76
with headaches, 81
legs red, hard, or swollen, 273
from medicine, 103
veins (varicose veins), 76
Symphysiotomy, 436
Symptoms. See Signs (baby); Signs
(mother during pregnancy);
Signs (mother in labor, birth,
and after)
Syphilis, 329–330
Syringes
Also see Injections; Needles
(hypodermic)
bulb syringe, 66, 209, 213
for manual vacuum aspiration
(MVA), 419, 420
T
Tablets. See Medicines
Talking
about difficult subjects, 7
keeping things private, 7
listening more than, 7
with mother in prenatal checkup,
109–115
to women about food, 34–39
TB. See Tuberculosis
Teaching
classes in the community, 4–5
finding materials for, 461
helper for birth, 151
homemade materials for,
447–461
how to prevent STIs, 336
to prevent health problems,
23–25
as purpose of pregnancy care, 70
sharing knowledge, 3–6
Tears
Also see Fistula (hole in the
vagina); Sewing a tear or
episiotomy
degrees of, 356–358
genitals, checking after birth, 248
judging whether stitches are
needed, 356–358
medical help needed for, 184, 205
preventing, 206–208, 356
pushing on mother’s belly and, 205
sewing, 356–366
testing for torn muscle
around anus, 357
time for sewing, 358
vagina, 239
vaginal infection, 272
vaginal opening, during birth, 206
womb during labor, 184–185,
205
Teas
for bladder infection, 129
to help sleep, 75
for migraines during pregnancy,
81
for nausea relief, 74
Teeth, caring for, 43
Temperature
Also see Fever
checking baby after birth,
255–256
checking mother after birth, 251
checking mother during labor,
178–179
checking mother during
pregnancy, 119
hot feeling during pregnancy, 78
low (baby), 255–256
warning signs (mother), 109, 119,
178
Tension
helping mother relax, 169–170
187–188
long labor and, 187–188
when pushing, avoiding, 201, 202
Testicles
Also see Sexually transmitted
infections (STIs)
baby’s, 263, 264
father’s, 29
Tests
for anemia, 116
blood pressure, checking the
mother’s, 122–124, 180–182
CD4, 335, 492
for diabetes, 115
for HIV, 99, 100
lab tests, 434
for malaria, 99
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measuring the womb, 90,
130–135
for pregnancy, 87
for protein in the urine
(pre-eclampsia sign), 126–127
pulse, checking mother’s, 120–121
temperature, checking the
mother’s, 119
for too much water in the womb,
134
Tetanus (lockjaw)
after abortion or miscarriage, 411
cutting the cord and, 214
means of infection with, 102
protecting against, 102, 278, 411
signs in baby, 278
signs in mother, 411
vaccinations, 102
Tetracyclines, 471
Thermometers, 65, 119. Also see
Temperature
Thin mother, 118
Three-minute hand wash, 53–54
Thrush (yeast infection), 290
Thump test for water in the womb,
134
Time
Also see Early birth; First few hours
after birth; First weeks after
birth; Long labor; Schedules
for cutting the cord, 157
delayed labor, 88
due date, 88–89, 130, 133
early end to pregnancy, 401–415
to go to birth, 151
homemade timers, 443–444
between labor start and
breaking of waters, 175–176
months or weeks pregnant, 88,
89, 90
for sewing tears, 358
short labor in past, 93
signs of labor starting soon,
149–151
to take medicines, 469–470
Timers, homemade, 443–444
Tiredness
Also see Anemia; Weakness
dehydration and, 159
go foods for energy, 35
in past pregnancies, 93
sleepiness during pregnancy, 75,
86
as warning sign, 116
Tobacco
avoiding during pregnancy or
breastfeeding, 46
avoiding smoke during
pregnancy, 104
infertility and, 31