HealthPartners - Preparing for childbirth
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Digital Companion to Your Book
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Videos in This Book
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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WELCOME!
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BEFORE YOU GIVE BIRTH
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CHAPTER 1 Preparingfor Birth
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Choosing a Facility
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Your Birth Team
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Your Labor Partner
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Healthy Communication
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Classes and Educators
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Creating a Birth Plan
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Baby’s Medical Provider
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CHAPTER 2 Having a Healthy Pregnancy
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Staying Active
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Easy Exercises
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EATING healthy
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Head-to-Toe Health
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Aches and Pains
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Tracking Baby’s Movement
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Preterm Labor
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Warning Signs During Pregnancy
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CHAPTER 3 Pain and Comfort
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Understanding Pain
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Comfort Measures
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Sensory Enhancement
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Useful Items
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DURING CHILDBIRTH
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CHAPTER 4 Labor and Birth
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Understanding Labor
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Labor Language
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Terminology Checkup
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Anatomy and Physiology Checkup
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Frequently Asked Questions about Labor and Birth
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Stages of Labor
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First Stage of Labor
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Second Stage of Labor
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Third Stage of Labor
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Fourth Stage of Labor
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Water Birth
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MEDICAL EMERGENCY
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CHAPTER 5 Medical Interventions
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What Are Interventions?
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Pain Medications
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Fetal Monitoring
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Induced Labor
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Assisted Birth
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CHAPTER 6 Cesarean Birth
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Reasons for a Cesarean
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Preparing for Surgery
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In the Recovery Room
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Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)
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AFTER YOU GIVE BIRTH
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CHAPTER 7 Your New Baby
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Skin-to-Skin Contact
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What New Babies Look Like
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Initial Procedures
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Health Screening
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Rooming-In
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Safe Sleep and SIDS
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WARNING: Abusive Head Trauma (Shaken Baby)
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Car Seats and Safety
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Baby’s Health Warning Signs
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CHAPTER 8 Postpartum Care
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Coming Home
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Physical Changes
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Self-Care
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Managing Pain
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Emotional Changes
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CHAPTER 9 Breastfeeding
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Benefits of Breastfeeding
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Exclusive Breastfeeding
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Making Milk
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Feeding Your Baby
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Approximate Milk Volumes and the Newborn Stomach Size
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Frequently Asked Questions about Breastfeeding
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Hand Expression
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Storing Breast Milk
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LOOKING AHEAD
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Baby’s Daily Feeding Log
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Glossary
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