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Using massage during labour
By Maria Muennich on 29/11/2009 01:31:22
Hands on pain relief and relaxation
are recommended for labour and birth?Back - You may have enjoyed a steady supply of back massages and rubs from your partner during pregnancy as you coped with the effects of carrying around that extra weight. Back massage can also be very helpful in labour
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Use of spinal blocks for pain relief in labour
By Maria Muennich on 03/02/2006 15:55:16
The key points to be aware of
stage of labour when there may not be enough time for an epidural. Spinals are also often used in emergency situations where intervention such as a ventouse or forceps birth is necessary, and in some hospitals they are routinely given for caesarian
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Using TENS in labour
By Maria Muennich on 07/10/2008 00:02:10
The key points of this natural form of pain relief
on the back can make masssage through labour more difficultYou can't use TENS in a birthing poolAvailabilityTENS machines are becoming increasingly popular with patients and midwives and are now often available in hospitals, but it is worth checking how many
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Review: Body Clock's Femme Elite TENS tiny toner
By Maria Muennich on 16/11/2006 01:41:07
Dinky package offers drug-free pain relief, pelvic floor stimulation and muscle toning all in one for those post-natal black and blues
Femme Elite 3 in 1: Pelvic Floor Stimulator, TENS and muscle toner Easy-to-use, discreet, extremely lightweight and flexible: works well for back pain and effective in stimulating muscles. Cut-off after it has not been in use for five minutes
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Active birthing
By Maria Muennich on 20/08/2010 03:30:02
It's becoming increasingly popular, but what exactly is an active birth and how can you get one?
Birthing options and having an active birth The active birth movement started back in the 1970s in the UK as a reaction to what was rapidly becoming the norm: women labouring while lying on their backs confined to a bed (where doctors can
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The first 48 hours after birth for mum
By Maria Muennich on 03/12/2009 01:55:54
Your baby's finally here and the centre of all attention, but what's going on with mum?
tears during the birth then you'll be stitched up now, so this might not be time alone though.If you've had a hospital birth, when you've had a little chance to recover and get you both cleaned up it'll be time to leave the delivery room and go back
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Planning ahead for birth when you're already a mum
By Maria Muennich on 08/07/2008 14:30:42
Preparing your child for becoming an older brother or sister is one thing, but preparing them for the actual birth can make an important start for this new relationship
plan for their care as you and your partner are busy bringing their new sibling into the world, and do you prepare them for what's going to happen on the big day? Labour and birth might be just the first steps of your child's life as an older sibling
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Labour: the not-always-dignified truth
By Maria Muennich on 13/09/2010 01:16:13
Or, things you always wanted to know about childbirth but never dared to ask...
going on. With my first labour I completely forgot that I had vomited several times until a couple of weeks after the birth, when I suddenly had a kind of flash-back.If you suffer from emetophobia, fear of vomiting, then you'll want to take
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