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Vaginal exams during labor, 186,
339–340
Vaginal infection, 272
Vagus nerve, 426
Varicose veins, 76
Vasectomy (sterilization for men),
315
VD (gonorrhea), 50, 323–325
Vegetables, 35, 36, 37, 42
Vehicles or transportation, 10,
106–107, 164, 438
Veins
giving fluid through (IV), 350–351
swollen (varicose), 76
Vicryl sutures, 358
Vinegar test for HPV, 379, 380
Vision
Also see Eyes
blurred, 109, 125
double, 125
Visual pelvic exam, 373, 376
Vitamin A, 39
Vitamin B-6, 73
Vitamin C, 116
Vitamins
Also see specific vitamins
buying, avoiding, 42
to eat every day, 37, 39
glow foods, 34, 35
injections, 42
pills, 36, 42
Vomiting
Also see Nausea
drinking during labor and, 159
“shooting” from baby, 276
warning signs versus
healthy signs, 110–111
Vulva. See Genitals
W
Walking to encourage labor, 192
Warning signs. See Signs (baby);
Signs (mother during
pregnancy); Signs (mother in
labor, birth, and after)
Warts, genital (HPV), 333, 379, 380
Washing
Also see Cleanliness; Sterilizing
equipment
bedding, 58
hands, 53–54, 153, 168
mother after birth, 247
tools, 59
Waste disposal
placenta, 67, 235
safe, 67–69
Water and liquids
Also see Dehydration
after birth, 250
526
boiling to kill germs, 54
breastfeeding and, 283
constipation and, 76
dirty, germs in, 50
drinking during labor, 159–160
for fever, 178
first weeks after birth, 269
giving fluid through a vein
(intravenous solution or IV),
350–351
in healthy diet, 39
high blood pressure and, 125
rehydration drink, 159–160
Water in the womb. See Bag of
waters
Water retention. See Swelling
Waters. See Bag of waters
Water timers, 444
Water weight. See Swelling
Weakness
Also see Anemia; Tiredness
in past pregnancies, 93
poor nutrition and, 117
as warning sign, 111, 116
Weeks pregnant, figuring, 88, 89,
90. Also see Length of
pregnancy
Weight
Also see Size
baby not gaining, 276
checking the baby’s, 256, 258
checking the mother’s, 118–119
large baby, 254, 258
large baby in past, 94, 115
overweight mother, 115, 118
small baby, 221, 254, 256–257,
292
small baby in past birth, 94
sudden gain by mother, 118, 119
thin mother, 118
Western medicine, 17, 18
Wetness from vagina.
See Discharge (wetness
from vagina)
Where There Is No Doctor, 41, 115,
328
Where Women Have No Doctor, 46,
105, 111, 322
White color. See Pale color
White discharge. See Yeast infection
Womb (uterus)
Also see Contractions; Manual
vacuum aspiration (MVA);
Measuring the womb;
Placenta; Position of the
baby; Touching inside the
vagina
bigger than normal, 115
bimanual (2-hand) exam,
385–386
A Book for Midwives (2010)
comes out with the placenta,
232–233
cramps in early pregnancy, 79
feeling baby inside, 87
first weeks after birth, 270–271
growing too fast, 133–134
growing too slowly, 134–135
helping contract after the
placenta is born, 224,
236–238
how a baby grows, 30
how women get pregnant, 29
illustrated, 28, 29
infection, 120, 179, 185, 271, 399
infection in past pregnancies, 95
measuring, 90, 130–135
models for teaching about,
450–451, 454–457, 460
pain during labor, 183–185
piece of placenta left inside,
234–235
position of the baby, 135–144,
170–171, 190–191
pushing on mother’s belly and,
205
rubbing after the placenta is
born, 224, 236
scar from cesarean surgery, 96
scars from abortion, 92
signs that the placenta has
separated, 226–227
sore after birth, 159
staying soft after placenta is born,
236–238
tissue coming out, after abortion,
408
torn, 184–185, 205
water in, too little, 134
water in, too much, 133
Work
breastfeeding and, 284–286
in pregnancy health history, 105
Working with chemicals, 47
Worms. See Parasites
Worry during pregnancy, 82
X
X-rays, 434
Y
Yeast infection, 326–327
frequent, diabetes and, 115
preventing, 327
signs of, 326
thrush, 290
treatment, 327
Yellow color (baby), 266, 279
Young mothers, 22, 105