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About Cesarean ChildBirth: Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the mother’s abdominal wall and uterus.pdf
Taken from about cesarean section: A cesarean section is performed only after an obstetrician has carefully weighed the factors involved in a woman’s pregnancy and has decided that performing a cesarean section is necessary. The indication for cesarean section may be evident at any time during the prenatal course. For the most part, the need for a cesarean section is evident only after the onset of labor, either in the early stage or after a woman has been in labor for a while.
Having a Healthy Pregnancy: The wisdom and science of growing a baby.pdf
Taken from The Science of Conception: A woman is born with thousands of eggs in her ovaries. In women with regular cycles, each month the ovary releases one or more of these eggs. This happens 14 days before the start of a menstrual period. The egg then travels to the fallopian (fa-lo-pee-in) tube.
That is where the sperm meets the egg and fertilizes it. The egg then moves to the uterus and implants itself in the wall of the uterus where it begins to form a baby.
If the egg is not fertilized, it is shed during the woman’s menstrual cycle.
Maternity Care Practices.pdf
Many of the experiences of mothers and newborns in the hospital and the practices in place there affect how likely breastfeeding is to be estab-lished. In most cases, however, these experiences reflect routine practices at the facility level, and new mothers rarely request care different from that offered them by health professionals. Prenatal education on breastfeed-ing can affect a mother’s decision to even consider it as a feeding option. Medications and procedures administered to the mother during labor affect the infant’s behavior at the time of birth, which in turn affects the infant’s ability to suckle in an organized and effective
manner at the breast. Infants who are put to the breast within the first few hours after birth continue breastfeeding longer than those whose first breastfeeding
is delayed. Mothers who room-in with their infants will have more opportunities to practice breastfeeding because of the infant’s proximity.