Epidural

I was 23 years old when my first child was born. For 41 weeks the changes my wife underwent in preparation for the biggest change of my life. I was about to become a father and I couldn't be any more excited about it. But, nothing prepared me for one of the most traumatic, yet beautiful moments in any parent's life... the birth of their child. Little did I know the mount of blood, sweat, tears, and poop that would leave my wife's body during the birth of my son; I might have reconsidered…

After eight and a half long months of morning sickness, more like all day sickness, hefty weight gain, numerous doctor appointments, eating like a sumo wrestler, and back pain that kept me up throughout the night, I thought that I could finally rest these last two weeks. Boy did I think wrong! Sleeping peacefully September 27 in my new cherry oak bed with the ceiling fan wide open, I suddenly jolted up feeling an excruciating pain radiate all in my stomach and back. I knew then that it was time…

Enhanced recovery after surgery is an evidence based, multimodal pathway that is designed to decrease the stress on the patient through out their surgical journey. It focuses on improving the outcome of the patient after surgery, by taking additional steps to manage the patient before, during and after surgery. The longer a patient stays in the hospital post op, there is an increase risk to become susceptible to infections in this regard, the protocol serves as a guideline used to reduce the…

pregnancy was relatively easy for her, but it still was her first pregnancy so there were difficulties. I was born at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA on November 5, 1996. When I was born I was 6 pounds 4 ounces . My mother had an epidural to relieve labor pains. Essentially my whole family was there: mom, dad, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other extended family and close friends of my parents. Since I was the first baby in the next generation of my family, many people…

Becoming a mother is the most difficult and rewarding thing I have ever experienced in my life. Carrying a child in my womb for nine months and going through labor was something that was sometimes very hard. But once that was all over and I got to hold my new bundle of joy, a baby boy named Zeeden, it was all worth it. Early morning of March 29th, 2010, I woke up and had to run to the bathroom to puke. I don 't usually throw up. I then started to wonder, if I was pregnant. That afternoon I had…

PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY PRECIPITATED BY PREECLAMPSIA: CASE REPORT Dr Mukti Harne MBBS,Resident Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dr Sumedha Harne MBBS,MD, Infertility Specialist Senior Consultant Abstract Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is associated with one in every 3000 to 15000 deliveries , affecting thousands of women every year.According to the definition , PPCM includes cardiac failure in the last trimester of pregnancy or within six months of delivery, absence of an identifiable cause…

Trepanation is one of the oldest know surgical techniques. It was practiced in countries all over the world but seems to have originated from places in and around Europe. Trepanning is the process of drilling, grooving, boring and cutting or scraping a hole, usually no bigger than an inch or so, into a person’s head, therefore exposing the dura matter and allowing brain tissue to freely pulsate –increasing blood flow. Figure 1 shows the four methods, 1-scraping 2-grooving 3- boring and cutting…

Natalie Jara MED 2047 Scoliosis Mrs. Michelle Earixson-Lamonthe 2/6/2015 Scoliosis When a human is born, there are seven cervical, twelve thoracic and five lumbar vertebrae's. Viewing the spine posteriorly in a patient with a healthy spine you will see that there is no curvature from right to left but looking at the spine laterally you will find that there is a regular "s" shape. " This allows for an even distribution of weight. The "S" curve helps a healthy spine withstand all kinds…

Health History: Patient is a 36 year old female of Caucasian decent. Past medical history, of depression, Bi-polar affective disorder, spinal epidural abscess, paraplegia, anemia associated with acute blood loss, Hepatitis C, poly substance abuse, kidney infection, panic attacks, ectopic pregnancy, staphylococcus infection, protein malnutrition, neurogenic bowel, and neurogenic bladder. Current medical history, patient is a 36 year old female was admitted to Memorial Regional Hospital,…

These days, the morning after pill has many reasons. Some of these reasons are causing girls to have more sex. Many girls suffer more and more pregnancies each day. There is more and more pressure on girls these days about boys pressuring them to have sex. Sex is giving an advantage for girls to be using the morning after pill more now. The ability of this will increase dramatically, and will be easier on girls that are in school. The morning after pill is challenging because it can cause so…