Epidural

Antenatal education classes are offered to expecting parents with the aim of providing strategies and insight for childbirth and parenthood. This paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness and relevance of prenatal education . This will be achieved by discussing the importance of varied delivery methods in antenatal education, the effectiveness of classes on educating the mother and father for birth and their parental role, and whether antenatal classes adequately prepare both parents for when…

over 32 weeks when her water broke. She was in active labor for around an hour. She traveled from Winnfield to Alexandria, Louisiana to go to the hospital. Where she went into labor at St. Frances Cabrini hospital. Then they immediately begin an epidural and prepared her to give birth to triplets. It was predetermined that she would have a cesarean section because of how the babies were positioned on the sonogram. It took her about an hour to get ready and then they took her into the delivery…

endure. Most common remedy is over-the-counter medications. Tylenol or NSAIDS can reduce the inflammation around the spinal area or nerve site (Ullrich, 1). (Ullrich, 1). Injections are also another type of treatment options available (Ullrich, 1). Epidural steroid injections are typically the selection frequently administered. These injections consist of Lidocaine and steroids injected into the pars (Ullrich, 1). Inflammation is subsided for the moment this may perhaps be a sign that the…

The spinal cord is ¾ of an inch wide and 42-45 centimeters in length. It extends inferiorly from the medulla oblongata to the inferior border of the L1 vertebrae. The spinal cord is divided into 5 parts that house the 31 pairs of spinal nerves. The cervical part is the superior part of the spinal cord. It contains neurons whose axons contribute to the 8 pairs of cervical spinal nerves. The thoracic part lies inferior to the cervical part. It houses the neurons for the 12 pairs of thoracic spinal…

After reading chapter one from our reading, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, one of the Hmong customs that stood out to me the most was the sacrifice of an animal to cure infertility. I thought this was interesting because of the believe that you have to kill a living thing in order to give life to something else. Another one of the customs that stood out to me was the burial of the placenta, it stood out to me because there was a difference on the treatment of a boy’s placenta and a…

Introduction: Cesarean section (often called as C-section) delivery is a type of delivery which, is usually done when the health of mother or baby or both, in certain cases, is at high risk or multiple babes are expected to be delivered. Some other factors also govern the selection of Cesarean section over vaginal delivery such as breech or transverse position of baby, dystocia ,fetal distress, failed labour induction, cephalopelvic disproportion, uterine or amniotic rupture, eclampsia,…

Pregnancy is something that occurs when you have unprotected sex and which the sperm fertilizes the egg after it is released from the ovary (ovulation), ovulation occurs at the midpoint of your cycle that will result in the migration into one of your fallopian tubes, where it can then be fertilized by sperm. Only women can become pregnant, However, Most women in their early 30’s or younger have a higher chance for normal pregnancies than women over the age of 35, which are at a higher risk for…

AGS is an autosomal-dominant condition affecting several body systems and characterized by neonatal jaundice along with a paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts on liver histology. It is also known as Alagille-Watson syndrome or arterio-hepatic dysplasia, and is caused by defects in the Notch signaling pathway. The disease affects the liver, heart, skeleton, eyes, kidneys, central nervous system, and is associated with characteristic facial features. (1, 2) The syndrome was first described by…

TERMINOLOGY CLINICAL CLARIFICATION o An accumulation of blood between the dura mater and brain, usually due to head trauma CLASSIFICATION o Not applicable DIAGNOSIS CLINICAL PRESENTATION History  Recent head trauma  Symptoms o Loss of consciousness o Nausea and vomiting o Headache o Neck stiffness o Seizures o Focal neurological deficits  Difficulty speaking  Difficulty comprehending speech  Difficulty reading  Confusion  Amnesia  Numbness or tingling  Visual disturbances …

This is not your typical birth story, as I was not surrounded by friends and relatives or even the OB-GYN that had helped me plan the birth. My boyfriend, Troy, and I had spent the previous day at the hospital because I had an awful headache. After giving me a painkiller, the nurses sent me home and advised me to come back if a headache returned. Troy and I went home, ate dinner and took a nap. I woke up and my head was pounding again, so we headed for the hospital. We arrived a few minutes…