On Monday November 16, I received the opportunity to sit down in a Cesarean Birthing Class at the Ester Grossmen Women Center lead by Nirvanni Chatoori, MSN, RNC-MNN at 6pm. A Cesarean Birth is when a baby is delivered through an incision on the mother’s abdomen and of her uterus. This method can be done for mothers with multiple pregnancies, failure of labor to progress, placenta problems, macrosomia, breech presentation maternal infections/ medical conditions. The evening started off with identifying what fetus and mother are qualified for a cesarean section and the advantages and disadvantages that may occur with this procedure. Such as a full-term (39-40 weeks) would have to be the time period of the brain and lungs are fully developed.
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To me it’s an innovative way of learning, and I was better able to assist the expecting mother and the father with concerns about the procedure that they had because of this prior knowledge. As far as the parents, its just as important because one the mothers from the class was expecting to have her in-laws and the father in the room, she had come to a realization that she had to change and birth plan since the Cesarean is then in an operating room and only one visitor is allowed in. While another mother who has had multiple health issues and had some concerns with being put under general anesthesia, learned that there are other methods of anesthesia that can be used such as local, epidural, spinal, or even a combination of both spinal and epidural to help with the surgery. She was able to obtain a clear understanding and make a final decision that the spinal/epidural black would be the best for her condition. Being that I am a nursing student I was able to learn step by step as to what exactly are the process that can occur with a Cesarean birth, with both animated videos and basic knowledge. Then, to later on in the week during my clinical rotation to see the same process being put into action after seeing two live Cesarean birth. At the end of the day knowledge is
To me it’s an innovative way of learning, and I was better able to assist the expecting mother and the father with concerns about the procedure that they had because of this prior knowledge. As far as the parents, its just as important because one the mothers from the class was expecting to have her in-laws and the father in the room, she had come to a realization that she had to change and birth plan since the Cesarean is then in an operating room and only one visitor is allowed in. While another mother who has had multiple health issues and had some concerns with being put under general anesthesia, learned that there are other methods of anesthesia that can be used such as local, epidural, spinal, or even a combination of both spinal and epidural to help with the surgery. She was able to obtain a clear understanding and make a final decision that the spinal/epidural black would be the best for her condition. Being that I am a nursing student I was able to learn step by step as to what exactly are the process that can occur with a Cesarean birth, with both animated videos and basic knowledge. Then, to later on in the week during my clinical rotation to see the same process being put into action after seeing two live Cesarean birth. At the end of the day knowledge is