Kriss Zulkosky, RN 1 article. I find childbirth and women in labor to be completely inspiring. The fact that birth can be messy is one of things that makes it beautiful. Your nurse has seen it time and again, and will be there to help quickly clean up without bringing attention to it. Rather than trying to prevent it, I tell women to make sure the people in the delivery room with them are people they feel comfortable with. When your water breaks and how it feels when it breaks varies from woman to woman. But if the baby has dropped down, then their head acts like a cork, and your water breaking could be a much lighter gush. Your water breaking is another important and natural stage in the process. The care line nurses will ask you additional questions and help decide on a plan for next steps.
How did I go from hiding in the locker room to breastfeeding in public?
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I have always been a private person. Back in eighth grade gym class, I dreaded changing clothes in front of the other girls for fear they'd catch sight of a nipple or — heaven forbid — my pad during my period. Even at home, I didn't change clothes in front of my sister or mother. I'm not sure what I was afraid of, only that I'd been conditioned from an early age to believe that nudity was the most shameful state of being for a woman. So when I watched "The Business of Being Born" during my pregnancy and saw all those naked, birthing ladies splayed out in tubs, every muscle in my body tensed with fear. The pain of childbirth I could handle, but the nudity? Count me out.
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Commences Ends They said it was because the doctor might need to do an episiotomy and it would make it easier to repair the cut. Nobody is going to raise an eyebrow if you have a full thatch or a Brazilian or even a runway strip , so do what makes you feel the most comfortable. Caesarean-wise, you do get the area above your closed legs shaved, to help make the area cleaner. Will I have to have lots of internal examinations during labour and the birth? An examination is usually performed when you arrive in hospital. After that, an examination is performed each two to four hours to assess progress. Sometimes understanding why the examination is being done can be very helpful. In the hospital where I work, most women choose to be naked in the shower, and their men have board shorts on.
As an ob-gyn, Jackie has helped hundreds of women through the process of giving birth. As a first-time mom, it's finally her turn to experience it herself. See her daughter's delivery and hear Jackie's takeaways on how this experience will help her treat future patients. Prepare for labor and delivery with our free childbirth class. Niles: They've got some serious hardware here, by the way. I'm impressed with their hardware. Jackie: I can't believe this is happening.
