Post Partum Body
Your Post Partum Body- Recovery and Loving It It's a strange feeling – this new you. Now that the baby has arrived, you are indeed different. Your body is different, your hormones are all over the place and above all else, you’re now a mom. And it’s that mother role that occupies all your time, and even now, much of your body. It’s fairly common for some major hormone shifts to occur after birth, which can affect how you perceived yourself. So how do you re-establish that second part of the equation: the “old” you to mesh with motherhood? Indulge…
Post Labor
Taking Care Of Yourself After Labor A difficult labor may be caused by a number of specific complications or even by nothing in particular at all! Babies which may present in a breech position, or who simply cannot fit through the birth canal because they're too big or the mother's pelvic bones are too close together often cause difficult labors. What you may feel after a long labor Even an uncomplicated pregnancy, which may end with a relatively easy birth is an emotionally and physically exhausting experience. However, if your labor was longer, or perhaps more difficult than you originally…
APGAR Scores
Will Your Baby Pass the APGAR Tests? One minute, and again five minutes after your baby is born, your doctor will calculate your baby's Apgar score to see how he/she is doing. It's actually a simple process that helps determine whether your newborn is ready to meet the world without any further medical assistance. This scoring system, which was developed by anesthesiologist Virginia Apgar in 1952, is now used in modern hospitals around the world and rates a baby's appearance, pulse, responsiveness, muscle activity and breathing with a number between 0 and 2, with 2 being the strongest rating. The…
Surviving A C-Section
After giving birth by cesarean section you will more than likely feel too excited to feel any pain from the birth of your baby! Well, at least that's what we may like to think anyway. Unfortunately you will be recovering from major abdominal surgery and you will still have to deal with the pain and will also be spending the next 3-5 days in hospital. If you had an epidural or spinal block for your c-section, your anesthesiologist may add morphine which will give you a good amount of pain relief for up to 24 hours without the grogginess that…