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Augmentation refers to interventions to continue progress, including ARM and intravenous prostaglandins to help the uterus contract efficiently.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":78,"og:type":120,"og:title":59,"og:site_name":91,"og:description":61},"article",{"robots":122,"canonical":78},"index,follow",{"doc_id":124,"site_id":56},353371,1791259848,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":127},{"doc_id":124,"user_id":128,"nickname":88,"user_avatar":129,"doc_module":9,"category_id":35,"category_name":36,"doc_title":59,"doc_description":61,"doc_content":130,"file_id":131,"file_url":132,"file_type":133,"file_size":134,"view_count":79,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":9,"is_downloadable":9,"audit_status":9,"page_count":135,"language":136,"language_code":57,"site_id":56,"html_lang":57,"table_of_contents":137,"faqs":138,"seo_title":139,"seo_description":61,"update_tm":140,"read_time":73},1099514067438,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/100002539ee87300030?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1780474512215547542","Birthplan Reading  \nLABOUR POSITIONS  \nThink about mobilizing during labour, staying upright, changing your position to what feels comfortable for you. Remember your options are kneeling, squatting, lying down, birthing stool, shower, swiss ball and support from your birthing partner.  \nTry to stay relaxed and allow labour to progress. Your own hormones are being released to help you relax and your uterus to contract.  \nConsciously relax your shoulders and jaw, abdomen and legs. Trust your instincts.  \nWHAT WILL YOU NEED IN HOSPITAL  \nWear your own clothes to labour in, an old tshirt clean of course.  \nA clean pillow with coloured pillowslip (white or blue ones might get mistaken for hospital issue) Energy drinks like lucozade, lemonade or powerade.  \nYour own blanket, music, aromatherapy, hotpack and cold water spray.  \nSome food for after the arrival of your baby. Most women do not eat when they are in labour. Lip salve is a must  \nALTERNATIVE THERAPIES  \nOften there is a birthing pool in the delivery room, swiss balls and birthing stools.  \nBring in your own electric aromatherapy device  \nMassage, hypnotherapy, acupuncture and homeopathy are all recognized forms of therapies during your birth which you must research and take advice from the relevant professional with regard to your own special needs and circumstance. Talk your ideas over with your midwife.  \nMONITORING YOUR BABY  \nRoutine cardio tocograph (CTG) is not needed in low risk, normally progressing labour but if a CTG is requested then this usually means that you are immobilized as the best recordings are obtained if you are lying on the bed. You can get up and stand / walk within the limits of the electric cable. Usually your midwife will listen to your baby’s heart rate with a battery operated hand held Doppler unit similar to the ones you have already seen in clinic.  \nSIGNS OF FETAL DISTRESS  \nAn unusually fast or slow heart rate or the passing of meconium into the liquor around your baby often means that we need to carefully monitor your baby for the rest of the labour.  \nThis is done by attaching a small clip (FSE) onto the baby’s scalp and/or taking a Fetal Blood Sample (FBS)  \nINDUCTION OF LABOUR  \nThere might be a clear and urgent reason that you labour needs to be induced earlier than it would naturally happen.  \nThe methods are:  \n- Prostin Gel-a hormone gel inserted vaginally  \n- Artificial Rupture of Membranes (ARM)  \n- Syntocinon infusion administered through a luer in your arm once your membranes have been broken.  \nLATENT PHASE OF LABOUR  \nHere you need to be aware that you labour might stop and start for 3-7 days. This can be very exhausting for everyone including your partner who will also be anxious.  \nHow are you going to cope with this pain? What are you going to eat and drink?  \nDo you have any paracetamol, a TENS machine, a hotpack?  \nPROGRESS OF LABOUR  \nIt is your midwife’s responsibility to check if your labour is progressing normally. Here you must consider how you are going to cope with the pain bearing in mind that the average labour is about 18 hours long. You need to consider how you are going to rest.  \nESTABLISHED LABOUR  \nNow that your cervix has dilated to a minimum of 3 cms and if your membranes have broken your labour could be at least another 7-12 hours with normal progress.  \nWhat if your condition or the baby’s changes?  \nYou need to consider your coping strategies, your pain relief options, rotating your birth partner support with a friend or relative.  \nINDUCTION OF LABOUR  \nThere might be a clear and urgent reason that you labour needs to be induced earlier than it would naturally happen.  \nThe methods are:  \n- Prostin Gel-a hormone gel inserted vaginally  \n- Artificial Rupture of Membranes (ARM)  \n- Syntocinon infusion administered through a luer in your arm once your membranes have been broken.  \nAUGMENTATION OF LABOUR  \nThis refers to the use of intervention so that your labour continues to progress. The methods are  \n","cbCaidJDVMxfaQdu","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidJDVMxfaQdu","pdf",103995,6,"English","# Birthplan Reading\n## Labour positions\n## What you will need in hospital\n## Alternative therapies\n## Monitoring your baby\n## Signs of fetal distress\n## Induction of labour\n## Latent phase of labour\n## Progress and established labour\n## Augmentation and instrumental delivery\n## Caesarean section\n## Your placenta and third stage of labour","[{\"question\":\"What labour positions and comfort strategies does the birth plan suggest?\",\"answer\":\"It recommends staying upright when possible and changing to what feels comfortable, including kneeling, squatting, lying down, using a birthing stool, shower, swiss ball, and partner support. 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