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Lamaze for Parents : Blogs :LineageDecision Guides LoginRequest LoginToggle navigationHome Healthy Pregnancy Healthy PregnancyPregnancy NutritionSex During PregnancySigns of PregnancyFinding a Healthcare Provider10 Healthy Pregnancy TipsKnow the FactsTips for Pregnancy PartnersDue Date DanceBed Rest Planning for Labor Planning for LaborBirth TeamStages of LaborBirth PlanLabor Positions10 Labor TipsMaternal InstinctsBirth Day, Your WayThe Waiting GameLamaze BreathingCesarean Awareness Resources Birth Day Birth DayHealthyLineagePracticesBirthVisualizationGuidesBirth Partner Cheat SheetMedical InterventionsEstablishing Breastfeeding New Parents New ParentsBeyondLineageDayNursing SchoolPacifiersSleep TightBaby BluesGettingWhento WorkBaby's Developmental MilestonesPlayful ParentsFun FacesReach for the Stars Lamaze Classes Find a Local ClassOnline ClassesPurchase Lamaze Guide Your Resources Lamaze Mobile AppOnline ClassesBirth BlogOnline Spanish Resources for ParentsParent Resource RoundupHealthyLineagePracticesBirthVisualizationGuidesWeekly EmailsPush for Your BabyVideo LibraryOther Parent Resources About Lamaze About LamazeThe Lamaze DifferenceHealthyLineagePracticesShop For a CauseMythsWell-nighLamazeHistoryMarketing & AdvertisingContact Us In the News News ReleasesLamaze in the NewsLineageDayLineageDecision GuidesLineageDecision Guides   HealthyLineagePractices       -LineagePractice #1       -LineagePractice #2       -LineagePractice #3       -LineagePractice #4       -LineagePractice #5       -LineagePractice #6    BirthVisualizationGuides  LineagePartner Cheat Sheet   Medical Interventions       - Induction by Artificial        Rupture of Membranes       - Induction with Pitocin       - IV Fluids       - Epidural and Anesthesia       - Movement Restrictions       - Continuous EFM       - Directed Pushing       - Episiotomy       - Cesarean Surgery   Establishing Breastfeeding   HealthyLineagePractices       -LineagePractice #1       -LineagePractice #2       -LineagePractice #3       -LineagePractice #4       -LineagePractice #5       -LineagePractice #6  LineagePartner Cheat Sheet   Medical Interventions       - Induction by Artificial        Rupture of Membranes       - Induction with Pitocin       - IV Fluids       - Epidural and Anesthesia       - Movement Restrictions       - Continuous EFM       - Directed Pushing       - Episiotomy       - Cesarean Surgery   Establishing BreastfeedingLineageDecision Guides Every pregnant mom wants a healthy baby, but worldwide maternity practices may unquestionably make it harder to have a unscratched and healthy birth. Epidurals Overuse of C-Sections Induced Labor Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM) Restricting Movement During Labor & Pushing Restricting Eating and Drinking in Labor Adequate Support Separating Mom andVictualVaginalLineageAfter Cesarean (VBAC) Choosing Your PregnancySuperintendencyProvider Many interventions may seem like they would make childbirth easier. But, did you know that some of the superintendency that pregnant women routinely receive can have unintended consequences and potentially make lineage increasingly difficult and less safe? Here is the straight scoop on some worldwide interventions. This information, and what you learn in a Lamaze class, can help you partner with your superintendency provider to have the weightier lineage day possible for you and your baby. Epidurals Let’s be honest. Most of us would love to stave the pain of labor and birth. But, epidurals have both “pros” and “cons.” We once know the good part – a reduction in pain for you. But there’s less talk well-nigh the downside. It’s important to know that epidurals can set the stage for slower labor, increasingly difficult pushing and dangerous thoroughbred pressure changes all factors that can lead to a C-section. Women don’t unchangingly get support for exploring other, increasingly natural pain relief options like movement, focused breathing, or a warm tub or massage (ahhhh!) to alimony pain in check. So, weigh the risks and benefits surpassing like-minded to an epidural – it’s an important step in making this personal decision. Infographic:Is an Epidural My Only Option?Whento top Overuse of C-Sections Cesarean surgery can save lives, plain and simple. But, it’s pretty major surgery, and like any other surgery, it carries risks for you and your baby. So, there should be a really good medical reason to use it, right? It’s sad to say, but increasingly and increasingly babies are stuff delivered by cesarean, plane when there’s not a good medical reason to do so. In the United States, well-nigh one in three women who requite lineage will end up in the operating room. Some women are told they are too overweight, too short or too old for vaginal delivery. Others are told their babies are too big or coming out too slowly. Women who have once delivered a victual by cesarean often are told that a vaginal lineage without cesarean (VBAC) is off-limits and flipside cesarean is their only option. Many of these reasons sound like good medical thinking, but aren’t unquestionably supported by the research. To help spot a cesarean you might not need, be prepared to ask your superintendency provider questions like: “Can we wait a little longer?”, “Is my victual in any firsthand danger?” and “What are the risks if I proceed with a C-section, and those if I don’t?” Infographic:Will you push for your baby?Whento top Induced Labor An increasing number of hospitals are cracking lanugo on inductions, and for good reason. Artificially starting labor may be good for a superintendency provider juggling a rented calendar, or your mother-in-law who wants to typesetting her plane tickets, but it can make labor harder and increasingly painful for women, and stress babies and jeopardize their health. Studies have unceasingly shown that the risk of having a C-section for first time moms nearly doubles with induction. It moreover increases your baby’s endangerment of stuff born premature. That’s considering due dates aren’t an word-for-word science.Planeif you and your superintendency provider are positive well-nigh your dates, every victual matures at a variegated rate. Inducing labor can midpoint your victual is born surpassing he or she is ready. Aside from the risks of induction, there are specific benefits to letting labor start on its own. During the last part of your pregnancy, your baby’s lungs mature and get ready to breathe. He or she puts on a protective layer of fat, and develops hair-trigger smart-ass function through 41 weeks of pregnancy. Cutting the pregnancy short can be tough on your baby.Surpassinggoing through with an induction, tell everyone to hold their horses, and take time to learn increasingly well-nigh benefits of letting labor start on its own. Infographic:To Induce or Not Induce?Whento top The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, as well as the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists recommends listening to your baby’s heartbeat at key points in your labor for low risk women. Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM) There isn’t a mom on the planet who wouldn’t love a way to monitor every moment of her baby’s in utero existence. We all want to know our babies are doing ok. Using the same thinking, most superintendency providers will monitor you baby’s every heartbeat during labor using electronic fetal monitoring, or EFM. It’s worn like a whup virtually your belly, and as long as you don’t move, it will record every heartbeat on a little strip of paper. Your superintendency provider will watch the monitor and that little strip of paper for signs of trouble. Sounds great, right? Well, there’s a catch, actually, three big catches. It doesn’t work. It’s natural to think that using EFM would help superintendency providers spot babies who are in trouble, but every study that’s overly been washed-up has shown the same thing. Using EFM doesn’t help modernize the health and well-being of babies. EFM can lie. Well, not on purpose, but studies show that EFM can commonly requite a false signal that a victual is in trouble. This ways an emergency cesarean for mom, plane though victual is perfectly happy and healthy. EFM confines pregnant women to bed. The weightier way to move your victual OUT is to get yourself up and moving. If you’re stuck in bed, you’re not worldly-wise to help your victual on that journey. What’s the alternative? Studies show that a baby’s heart rate can be monitored just as safely with a nurse, doctor or midwife regularly checking in to listen at key points in your labor with a Doppler. Talk with your health superintendency provider well-nigh using intermittent listening, so you can move freely, relax between contractions, and stave the uneasiness that comes with stuff tied to a machine.Alimonyin mind that if you have a medical complication, if your labor is induced or sped up artificially, if you have an epidural, or if a problem develops during labor, you will likely need continuous EFM. Otherwise, it can be safer and healthier to have intermittent monitoring. Infographic: Electronic Fetal MonitoringWhento top Restricting Movement During Labor & Pushing In unrelatedness to what you see in movies and on TV, lying on your when in a hospital bed is not the only way to requite birth! In fact, walking, moving virtually and waffly positions throughout labor makes the lineage of your victual easier. Movement is the weightier way for you to use gravity to help your victual move lanugo the lineage waterway and through your pelvic bones. Staying upright unquestionably increases the size of your pelvis to make it easier for your victual to fit and rotate as necessary. When it comes time to push, staying off your when and pushing with your natural urges can be key to making it as easy as possible on you and your baby. Be wary of anyone trying to “direct” your pushing. Nobody should be counting for you or telling you to hold your breath. It increases the risk of pelvic floor forfeiture and unquestionably can deprive your victual of oxygen!Alimonyin mind that if you have an epidural or continuous EFM, this will drastically restrict your movement during labor. Learn increasingly well-nigh how movement in labor, as well as pushing upright and with your natural urges, can modernize your chances of a healthy, unscratched birth. Infographic:Restricting Movement Durning LaborWhento top Restricting Eating and Drinking in Labor They don’t undeniability it labor for nothing! For many women, labor is a physically intense wits that puts many demands on the body. Unfortunately, women are routinely restricted from eating or drinking in labor, which can midpoint running out of energy when it's needed it most. The restrictions come out of concerns that, if a woman ends up needing surgery, she should have an empty stomach. But research shows that modern anesthesia techniques make complications from supplies in the stomach exceedingly rare, and that laboring women can safely eat and drink in labor. So, be prepared. Make a point of discussing this with your superintendency provider and be sure you’re worldly-wise to get the nourishment you need to do the nonflexible work for labor. Infographic:Restricting Eating and Drinking During LaborWhento top Adequate Support If you traveled to an exotic country and didn’t speak the language, you probably would consider hiring a tour guide to ensure your vacation was unscratched and fun.Increasinglyand more, women are recognizing the same need in labor. Research shows that women who have continuous labor support from a friend, family member, and especially, the help of a professional labor teammate known as a “doula,” have easier and slightly shorter labors. Many women count on having a nurse by their side to provide this support. Sometimes that happens, but most labor nurses are caring for several women at the same time and don’t have the time to provide contraction-by-contraction support. Dads often are expected to fill this role, but they are new to the process, too, and often need cues on how to weightier be supportive to their laboring partners. So, think through interviewing a doula or consider whether you know someone who is expressly knowledgeable well-nigh childbirth. Having someone you trust by your side can help you manage your labor, support good decision-making and help make sure you’re worldly-wise to communicate your wishes to your health superintendency provider. Infographic: Who says Three's a Crowd?Whento top Separating Mom andVictualLabor is over and your stow of joy has finally arrived! But surpassing you know it, your victual is whisked out of your stovepipe or yonder to the nursery. That’s considering in many hospitals, it’s standard procedure to separate mom and victual for a period of time, to well-constructed some nursing tasks. However, research has shown that it’s weightier for mothers and their healthy victual to stay together without birth. Talk to your superintendency provider and make sure they indulge “rooming-in,” which will maximize your time with your little one and opportunities for breastfeeding. Don’t forget to talk well-nigh what will happen immediately without birth, too. Many things like weighing, measuring and bathing are not urgent and can be delayed, or washed-up at your bedside or right on your tummy to ensure you and your new victual don’t miss a beat. Infographic:Wait for the Weight and Bond WithVictualFirst!Whento top VaginialLineageAfter Cesarean (VBAC) If you have previously had a cesarean section and wilt pregnant again, you may consider a vaginal lineage without cesarean (VBAC) for your next birth. This is a personal visualization and there are many factors to consider, but 90% of women with a past cesarean are candidates for a VBAC. Once you’ve made a decision, one key element of a successful VBAC is a supportive provider. It’s important to understand the facts, get support and ask the right questions to get the support you need from your provider.  Infographic: VBAC-- Yes,It's an Option!Whento top What’s Next? So, how do you get a largest idea of the superintendency your doctor or midwife will provide? Ask good questions! Take a squint at some suggestions. TalkWhenHow well-nigh you? Are you hoping to stave unrepealable interventions in your baby's birth? Have you experienced interventions that made your lineage harder? Did you successfully stave an intervention that helped make your lineage easier and safer? Tell us your story in our comments section here.   Released: March 14, 2016 01:39 PM | Updated: October 18, 2016 10:35 AM Keywords:LineageDay | Adequate Support | C-Sections | Childbirth challenges | EFM | Electronic Fetal Monitoring | Epidural | Induction | Restricting Eating | Restricting Movement | Separating Mom andVictual1 Like To leave a comment, click on the  icon on the left side of the screen.   Recent Stories Lamaze Corporate Licensing Partners Updated 8:46AM EST, Tue Nov 22nd, 2016 Lamaze collaborates with several strategic licensing partners who believe in our mission, support our vision and share our values. Whether your purchase is for yourself or for a shower souvenir you can b...LineageDecision Guides Updated 10:35AM EDT, Tue Oct 18th, 2016 Every pregnant mom wants a healthy baby, but worldwide maternity practices may unquestionably make it harder to have a unscratched and healthy birth. 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