Postnatal

the role of the midwife. The first paragraph will discuss, the current in hospital practices and how they do not promote effective breastfeeding support opportunities for the midwife. Following will be a continuation of the postnatal ward’s practices and how they…

after ten to fifteen days and up to a year after giving birth. Postnatal depression affects one in seven women after birth and this can course great impact on the mother’s health and wellbeing as well as it will impact on the infant’s development (Armstrong & Small, 2010). According current literature shows that the signs for postnatal depression are feeling of sadness, hopeless, disengaging, and crying with no reason and others. Postnatal depression can be result in being mild to severe…

parents (Noonan, Corman, Noonan & Schwartz-Soicher & Reichman, 2006). Postnatal care occurs after child birth. Mother and child are monitored by physician. Postnatal care is a vital part of recovery and life for both mothers and infants. Postnatal care visits allow the doctor to monitor and identify any health problems of mother and infant. During this time emotional problems or changes are identified as well. The benefits of postnatal care include education of feeding techniques (i.e.…

midwife must be able to identify deviant health problems provided from her observations & from the woman’s recounts. The NICE guidelines for postnatal care define recommendations about the treatment &…

appointments. Wikitoria is a 19 year old woman requiring both antenatal and postnatal care for her 8 month son Ihaia and her 16 week pregnancy. Wikitoria has stated that she is not coping with this and is drinking alcohol which is apparent on her breath. This essay will discuss and examine the objectives of potential health consequences of alcohol consumption during pregnancy which include fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and postnatal depression. It will also explore how support can be provided…

ABSTRACT Introduction Human babies are the most dependent young ones and for a much longer time than the young ones of other species. In the case of other mammals the young ones immediately after birth or very soon become independent. They learn to be independent fast and they are left unaided very soon. For example in the case of cattle as soon as the calf in born, it learns to stand up by itself, and suck the milk from the mother and begins to run around soon. If the new born babies are left…

women who lacked family support and had experienced stressful event during pregnancy. To prevent morbidity due to PPD, pregnant women with pre eclampsia and eclampsia should be screened for this condition along with making it an integral part of postnatal care. STUDY LIMITATIONS Since this was a cross sectional study, the exposure and outcome were simultaneously assessed. This may have impact on establishing a true relationship but this was overcome by asking if the woman had any pre pregnancy…

Introduction Volatile inhaled anesthetics are commonly used for general anesthesia worldwide because of their fast action and easy management. However, there is accumulating evidence indicating that general anesthetics that activate gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) receptors induce widespread apoptosis at a clinically relevant concentration in the developing brain of rodents [1, 2, 3]. Furthermore, anesthetic administration in children causes long-term impairments of cognitive behavior later in…

and physically, although there are other points in the articles. In the research article Maternal Depression During Pregnancy and the Postnatal Period, researchers are willing to confirm the hypothesis that antenatal and postnatal depression with offspring depression are independent and that the pathways of risk are different. So researches used Edinburgh Postnatal…

INTRODUCTION A. BACKGROUND Upbringing antenatal, perinatal and postnatal care are essential services as an effort to improve mothers and children health care. Childbirth as a physiological process must be pursued so that the process goes naturally with a minimum of medical intervention because an unimportant management of labor can harm the mother and fetus. (Kalichman, L. 2015) The majority of women who give birth vaginally will experience perineal trauma either spontaneously or episiotomy.…