Labor And Birth
You're familiar with the term "Apgar" and you know that doctors use this method to assess a baby's condition just after birth, but just how it works is kind of a blur. In short, your baby is...
Labor And Birth
Lamaze Natural Childbirth Method
Back in the early part of the 1950's a French obstetrician named Ferdinand Lamaze employed Pavlovian theory to develop a method of pain management. Dr. Lamaze believed that laboring women are affected by their...
Labor And Birth
Often, just before delivery, an episiotomy is performed. This procedure involves an incision in the perineum, which is located between the vagina and the anus. The cut enlarges the opening of the vagina to help...
Labor And Birth
Among the various medical means of relieving the pain of labor and childbirth, epidural anesthesia is by far the most popular. Half of all women who have their babies in the hospital are using this form...
Labor And Birth
Pregnancy can seem to stretch in an endless manner while the mother-to-be both yearns for and fears her labor and delivery. She can't wait to see the life taking form beneath her skin, but it...
Pregnancy
You knew that you had to quit smoking and stop drinking the occasional glass of wine in order to give your baby a good start. But did you know that you had a magic power for...
Pregnancy
You're pregnant? Congratulations. If you planned ahead, you will have been working on getting yourself in good physical shape in advance of conception. The level of fitness you achieved prior to the pregnancy represents the...
Pregnancy
Named after creator Arnold Kegel, the Kegel pelvic exercise is all about contracting and then relaxing the muscles of your pelvic floor. Through this simple repetitive tightening and relaxing of these muscles, a woman...