Posterior Fetal Presentation Why is the baby’s position during labor so important that most women spend weeks in preparation for their baby to be delivered head-down? As the fetus grows, it starts to occupy most of the vacant space and can’t move around as much as it would when it was developing. In most cases (95%), around the 36th week most babies settle with their head down waiting to be delivered head-first through the birth canal. In other cases, babies are not in position that would make for a safe delivery which can result is a risk of complications. Such babies are delivered via Caesarean section. Your doctor or midwife will inform you as to what position your baby is in and what you would need to do to prevent complications. Fetal …show more content…
Here is a list of fetal positions: 1. Headfirst: This is the most fetal position, where a baby’s head is facing the mother’s vagina. This position also has variations- a. OA/ Occiput Anterior: The baby’s head will be directed downwards facing the mother’s rear, the chin is seen resting against it’s chest and legs are crossed. This birthing position is considered most favourable. b. OP/ Occiput Posterior: The baby Is head down facing the mother’s front. Baby’s in this position usually rotate into an OA position as the due date arrives but 5-6% of babies are born in this position. Also known as ‘sunny-side up’, this position may cause longer and more difficult labor. c. OT/ Occiput Transverse: The baby is head down facing the mother’s side. If necessary, babies in this position are encouraged to rotate with the help of forceps or vaccum extraction. This fetal position is uncommon and may need a Caesarean section for delivery. d. Face and Brow Presentations: The baby is head down but points it’s chin out instead of resting against it’s chest. The baby may enter the birth canal face-first or forehead-first. These are rare presentations and in some cases, may require a Caesarean
In conclusion, the first stage of giving birth consists of contractions that will help get the baby's head into the birth canal and get ready for delivery, along with the cervix thinning out and dilation increasing. During the second stage, you will begin to push the baby out. As the tissue starts to stretch, you might experience “the ring of fire”. Shortly after the stretch, the baby's head will be out and then its body. The final stage is quick and almost effortless.
In doing this project the literature drawn from is largely non-scholarly for the reason that I am prevailing upon the reader to think outside the box about birth. Most of the “scholarly” research that is available was written by doctors or nurses/nurse midwives who were trained in the medical model of birth. Since part of my premise is that the high rate of Cesarean sections is caused in part by viewing birth as a medical and therefore pathological event, and in part for its emergence as a capitalistic industry, it was then necessary to find literature written by people who have expertise in birthing though not from the traditional obstetrical/medical school approach.
Giving birth is a memorable moment however it could be a very trying experience as well. Childbirth can be overwhelming depending on the mother’s health and medical history. The main objective of this paper is to compare and contrast the pros and cons of each method of childbirth. Information will also be obtained about natural childbirths and C-sections. The information used to compare and contrast natural births and C-sections are the two types of birthing method that was gathered from two research articles pertaining to natural births and c- sections. There will be a significant difference in the birthing methods because each method has a different impact on the mother’s body (Dewey 2003). The purpose of this paper is to gain knowledge of what natural childbirth and c- sections are and how they affect the woman’s body.
…The infant had been born with anencephaly, or lack of cranial development. The infant’s skull was an open sore that the nurses packed and layered with gauze to give his face a round appearance. Because of lack of cerebral hemispheres, the infant was incapable of any conscious activity. After his birth, the infant was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit and placed in a bassinet. He was reported to be kicking and breathing, and his ...
As defined by Lowdermilk, Perry and Cashion, preterm labor is “cervical changes and uterine contractions occurring between 20 and 37 weeks of pregnancy”. Preterm birth is a dramatic event causing distress for both the child and parents. There is a significant amount of information available on the risk factors related to preterm labor. Seeing the ineffectiveness of interventions directed towards known risk factors emphasizes the lack of maternal understanding of possible underlying pathways.
This occurs when the fetal head is in the wrong position. It can also be caused by damage to the muscles of the neck or the neck of the blood supply problems.
During the sixth week of pregnancy the crown-to-rump ( referring to the length of the baby from the top of the head to its bottom, this term is used because it 's hard to measure from head to toe because the babies are usually curled up with their legs tucked under.) length of the baby is about 2-4mm long. At this point in the pregnancy some of the facial features are now visible even the mouth and tongue. Also the outline of the jaw is starting to
Between five to ten percent of all infants are born more than two weeks before their due date due to several factors that include infections, illness, poor nutrition, or complications during the pregnancy. Fetal monitors are used in the cases of C-sections because there is a much higher risk of detecting the infant’s distress and therefore can go in more quickly to remove the baby from the uterus. When the mother is under general anesthesia, which is rare in the United States, the mother is not aware of any kind of pain or even the birth of her child. When the mother has spinal anesthesia she has no feeling from the waist down. Sometimes, the best indication that the baby is in distress is the mother- an unfamiliar pain occurs or something else could be a sign of problems.
Reddy, U. M., Zhang, J., Sun, L., Chen, Z., Raju, T. N., & Laughon, K. (2012). Neonatal mortality by attempted route of delivery in early preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 207(2). doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2012.06.023
...side begins to grow and develop at six weeks the baby is only five eights of an inch in measurement. As the months go on the baby goes thru many changes as well as the mother and her body. The mother may tend to get ill at times or may be fine during her pregnancy. There are also reports that the father may become ill at times as well along with the mother, this is common in men.
Perry, S. E., Hockenberry, M. J., Lowdermilk, D. L., & Wilson, D. (2013). Labor and Birth Processes. In Maternal Child Nursing Care (5th ed., p. 351). Elsevier-Health Sciences Division.
The back curves over and the head falls forward because the muscles in the neck and back are not very strong. When a newborn baby is held upright with its feet on a flat surface, they automatically make walking movements. This is known as the walking reflex and will disappear after a few months. A newborn baby keeps its hands tightly closed for most of the time.
Unlike vaginal birth delivery, the process of a cesarean delivery is quite different, but just as safe as giving vaginal birth (Taylor, 1). When delivering a baby using the cesarean method, there are two ways anesthetic can be used. The women can be put into an unconscious state using the anesthetic, therefore she will be asleep during the entire operation and her coach may not be present. The other way for the anesthetic to be used would be in an epidural or spinal block to temporarily numb the woman from her waist down. In this case the mother will be awake and her coach may be present to give her extra support. Once the anesthetic is working, an incision is made in the abdomen either horizontally or vertically, depending on the reason for the cesarean delivery. A vertical incision is made when the baby is in trouble and needs to be out as quickly as possible, when there is more time the horizontal incision is used. The baby is then lifted out of the uterus and gone for the APGAP procedure. The placenta is then removed and the mother’s reproductive organs are examined before closing the incision (Taylor, 1).
Preterm birth is defined as ‘any neonate whose birth occurs before the thirty seventh week of gestation’1 and represents approximately eight percent of all pregnancies1-4. It is eminent that these preterm infants are at risk of physical and neurological delay, with prolonged hospitalisation and an increased risk of long-term morbidity evident in prior literature3, 5-13. Innovative healthcare over the past thirty years has reduced mortality significantly14, with the survival rate of preterm infants having increased from twenty five percent in 1980 to seventy three percent in 200715. Despite, this drop in mortality long-term morbidity continues to remain within these surviving infants sparking a cause for concern15, 16.
I think it is incredible that we have made such advancements in fetal medicine that surgeons are actually able to perform surgery on a fetus while in utero. Deformities like a cleft lip or pallet are about to be fixed in the womb before the child is even born. The video specifically shows a fetus at 26 weeks who has a hole in his diaphragm. This would cause a problem for him after birth if left unfixed because his intestines would grow into his lung cavity preventing him from being able to breath air outside of the womb. Fortunately with medical advancements, doctors were able to perform a procedure on the fetus where a balloon was placed between his diaphragm and lungs to prevent any obstruction from developing. As soon as the child is born the balloon will be removed and he will likely be able to go on without any difficulty breathing. Having access to this particular fetal procedure has increased survival of newborns with this condition by fifty percent. This is just one of many advancements in fetal medicine. We have also come a long way with premature babies, and micro preemies. Babies born at as early as 24 weeks have a more than fifty percent chance of survival. That is why 24 weeks of pregnancy is often times referred to the viability