Week 1: Before You Deliver
These are the standard 12-week long divisions of pregnancy
What are trimesters?
The IV medication used during labor for pain relief.
What is Fentanyl?
This is the position the baby should always sleep in.
What is lying on their back?
Doing this with baby for at least 1 hour immediately following birth has been shown to increase success with breastfeeding and transition to life outside the womb.
What is skin-to-skin?
If you have any of these: vaginal bleeding, leaking, decreased fetal movement, or increasingly painful contractions, you should do this:
What are call your doctor, or go to the hospital?
It is in this pushing position that the pelvis is widest.
What is a supported squatting position?
This is the #1 way to prevent infection.
What is handwashing?
Doing this is the best way to increase your milk supply.
What is: breastfeeding frequently.
This is often the most comfortable position for back pain in labor.
What is leaning forward? (Or hands and knees!)
This is assessed during labor and measured in centimeters from 0-10 .
What is cervical dilation?
Dizziness, increased bleeding, shortness of breath, increasing pain, fever, severe headache, or intense feelings of guilt and worry are all...
What are: reasons to call your doctor? (Or go straight to the hospital!)
These are my baby's goals for wet diapers, poopy diapers, and number of nursing feeds in the first 24 hours.
One wet diaper, one poopy diaper, and 8-12 times in the first 24 hours.
An acronym you learned that can help you during a discussion about interventions to remember to ask about Benefits, Risks, Alternatives, or Need more time.
What is BRAIN?
Avoiding induction of labor, movement while in labor, and waiting until active labor to get an epidural are all ways to avoid which procedure?
This is one of the most important things for you to do after having your baby and going home.
Partners: you can do this important thing to help mom get in a 90-minute sleep cycle.
What is care for baby? (Skin to skin with dad is great!)