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A 2018 Cochrane Review of water immersion in the first stages of labour found evidence of fewer epidurals and few adverse effects but insufficient information regarding giving birth in water. [2] A moderate to weak level of evidence indicates that water immersion during the first stage of childbirth reduces the pain of labour. [2]
Birth positions favored in natural childbirth—including squatting, hands and knees, or suspension in water—contrast with the supine lithotomy position (woman in hospital bed on her back with legs in stirrups). Supine positions, on average, when compared to upright positions, have been shown in a Cochrane review to be associated with a 6.16 ...
VBAC Facts provides evidence-based information about vaginal birth after cesarean delivery (a.k.a. VBACs). The site offers free resources and paid programs, beginning at $299 for the Essential ...
Evidence Based Birth is an online pregnancy and childbirth resource. [1] It was founded in 2012 by nurse Rebecca Dekker. [2] [3] [4] History. According to The Cut ...
These evidence-based guidelines cover topics like fetal heart rate monitoring, labor induction, neonatal skin care, [4] care of the late preterm infant, [5] breastfeeding, HPV counseling, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, nursing staffing, [6] and care of the patient in the second stage of labor.
A spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD) occurs when a pregnant woman goes into labor without the use of drugs or techniques to induce labor and delivers their baby without forceps, vacuum extraction, or a cesarean section. [1] An induced vaginal delivery is a delivery involving labor induction, where drugs or manual techniques are used to initiate ...
The WHO states: "In countries and settings where continuous CTG is used defensively to protect against litigation, all stakeholders should be made aware that this practice is not evidence-based and does not improve birth outcomes." [118] A mother's water has to break before internal (invasive) monitoring can be used.
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