Category: Pregnancy & Postpartum Care
Vasa Previa
False Vrs True Labor
Pica
Cravings for Non-nutritive substances
Craving non-nutritive substances such as clay, coffee grounds, ice, flour, baking soda, dry milk of magnesia, paraffin and corn, starch may indicate minerals or calories deficiency.
Craving non-nutritive substances such as ice, clay, sand or soil, may indicate Iron deficiency
Placenta Previa
Bringing the baby down
Jean Sutton and the Rhombus of Michaelis
A kite-shaped area of the lower back which plays a key role in physiological birth.
Continue reading “Bringing the baby down”Leopold’s Maneuvers
The art of palpating the uterus of a pregnant woman through the abdomen
Are four specific steps in palpating the uterus through the abdomen, from the fundus all the way down to the pelvic brim, named after the gynecologist Christian Gerhard Leopold.
How Do You Know and What To Do When Water Breaks
It is good to know what you can do when your water breaks ahead of time. This will help you feel more calm at the time of action. What happens when you get to the hospital or birth center depends on if your labor has started or not and how far along you are.
Continue reading “How Do You Know and What To Do When Water Breaks”“Waters have Released”
Rupture of the membranes (ROM)
AKA “Waters have released” or “leakage of clear fluid from the vagina”
– Represent the spontaneous rupture of fetal membranes before the onset of labor, despite of gestational age.
Fundal height
Is baby growth adequate for gestational date?
Measurement of the fundal height let us know how the baby growth is progressing. This helpful tool let us detect if baby is growing too small or to large for the presumed gestational age by dates.
