It’s time, you are in the process of having your baby. Your provider tells you to experience something known as “The Ring of Fire.” Do you know what she is referring too?Can you pick out the incorrect statement below?
Once your baby has been delivered you will feel a strong burning sensation to your vaginal area.
It’s a feeling created when the baby is crowning –when the head is pushing and stretching the vaginal opening.
The burning feeling that you get in your vagina as it starts to stretch in order to allow your baby to exit the birth canal.
Perineal massage during your antepartum can help reduce the pain from “The Ring Of Fire” during birth possibly
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Once you have delivered your newborn, discharge to home from a hospital usually will be >24 hours to 3 days postpartum depending on how you delivered and if there were any ongoing medical concerns. You must have a car seat in order to be discharged. Assembling a car seat can be challenging. Which statement below is accurate.
You can go to your neighborhood fire department station and they will assist you
The fire departments are no longer trained to help you with the car seat
The facility you gave birth at will help you assemble the car seat and help you put your baby in the car seat.
Related to liability and risk factors staff members are not allowed to assist you with the car assembly or putting the newborn in the car seat.
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It’s been a long and tiring journey. Your newborn is finally here. You would love nothing more than enjoy the warm weather before it gets cold . Which statement below is correct?
There are still Covid precautions in effect and you should not expose your newborn outside at the present time.
Their is no time frame for when you can take your baby out. You can take your baby out immediately. Stay away from crowds and groups of people.
Because your baby’s immune system is still developing you should wait a couple of months before taking this little one to movies, restaurants, nail salons etc.
Try to avoid letting others come in close contact to your new one . Use social distancing rule
Your newborn should not be taken outside for the first 2 months.
Wash hands and use hand sanitizer when appropriate.
Dress your baby appropriately for the weather. Cover the head with a hat, babies loses heat from the head!!
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The best way to calm a fussy baby is to give it a cozy, cuddle hug. This is the same effect of swaddling your little one. Do you know which statement is inaccurate? I provided the answers below because it’s truly important to know. Why? Because we do care. Everyone including hospitals, facilities and basically every person in care of child swaddles an infant using several methods. It is important to know how to do it right – ah, take my class!!
Swaddling should end when the infant is about 2 months old
Swaddling a baby after 2 months outweighs the benefits once a baby learns to roll over
Keeping the baby swaddled all the time can hinder motor development and mobility as well as limit the opportunity to use and explore the hands and legs when awake
Baby swaddle too tightly may develop a problem with their hips- ( tightly wrapping a baby legs can lead to hip dislocation or hip dysplasia. Dysplasia is formation of the hip joint where the top of the thigh bone is not firmly in the socket hip.
After the 1st month try to swaddle your baby only during naps and nighttime sleeping.
You should swaddle your baby with the arms down and to the side . Not across the chest . Swaddling with the arms down reduces the risk that you child will wiggle out of the swaddle and bunch the blankets up to his face.
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After having your baby, you want to use the placenta for encapsulation. Placental encapsulation is the practice of eating the placenta after it has been steamed, dehydrated, ground and placed into pills.Prior to delivery ofyour baby the amniotic fluid is noted to be meconium stained. Can you still do encapsulation? What is the correct answer? Do you know?
No, because the placenta is contaminated and should be sent to pathology.
If your baby passes meconium prior to birth, it is recommended to do basic heated encapsulation as well as rinsing the placenta in an apple vinegar bath prior to steaming it.
No specific care of the placenta before doing encapsulated procedure is needed .
Take antibiotics one week prior to using encapsulated pills.
Editor’s note: There is little research available to either support or oppose the tradition of placental encapsulation. There are a number of proposed benefits of the custom, and limited risks if the placenta is stored correctly and ingested only by the mother. If you feel that placenta encapsulation is right for you, be sure to contact your healthcare provider to receive more information on the proper procedure for it. It is also important to be aware of any laws in your state that make it illegal to remove the placenta from the hospital.
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You are full-term and it is your first child. The baby is moving just fine . You are having contractions that are strong and yet tolerable. Your Birthing Plan is too do this naturally.
How should you proceed with this labor?
Go to your facility or hospital immediately to be checked
First baby may take a long time , walk, use a birthing ball, rock/ dance, Breathing and relaxation exercises, shower or tub ( tub if not GBS positive and did not break your water bag)
Check your bag for needed item such as insurance card , ID, etc.
Make sure you eat a hearty meal because your facility or hospital may not allow you to eat You don’t want to starve !
Don’t wait to go into and don’t know what to do?
Take my class private or regular intimate group class with maximum of 3 couples per class or Virtual (live interactive class via webinar).
We take COVID 19 precautions and ask all in-person attendees to test for COVID 19 within 3 days of class.
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You just gave birth to your pride and joy and you want to encapsulate your placenta. However, your placenta is meconium stained, can you still do placenta encapsulation?
Yes
No
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You are finally having your bundle of joy! You have read and your delivery assistant has told you – that when the baby is born it should immediately be placed on your chest for bonding, but your provider places the baby on your stomach and not your chest – Do you know why? Which 2 are the correct answers?
Your provider does not agree with bonding on the chest.
Easier for the provider if the baby is in the abdomen as oppose to the chest.
3. Your baby may have a short cord and the cord should not be pulled on otherwise it can pull off and become an emergency
4. Your provider might be focused on something happening vaginally or bleeding from the uterus and needs to pay attention to that – so it was easier to place the baby on the abdomen first.
Correct answer- 3,4
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