- Industry: Health care
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After 27 weeks of pregnancy, women are encouraged to perform periodic counts to measure how often their baby moves within an hour. Ten or more movements per hour are considered normal.
Industry:Parenting
After the delivery of a baby, if the placenta doesn't detach completely from the uterus, it pulls the top of the uterus out with it when it emerges. In most cases, the uterus can be pushed back into place by hand; if not, surgery is required.
Industry:Parenting
Also called a contraction stress test, an OCT is a test to check on how the baby is doing while inside the uterus. An OCT tests how the baby responds to the stress of uterine contractions. The expectant mother is hooked up to a fetal monitor and is given contraction-inducing oxytocin via an IV, while the baby is monitored to see how it responds to the contractions.
Industry:Parenting
A written set of directives created by expectant parents that expresses how they'd like labor to be managed. A birth plan might mention preferences about walking during labor, induction, cesarean section, use of camera/video, pain medication, etc.
Industry:Parenting
A well-known breastfeeding position in which the mother places her baby on her lap, rests the baby on his or her side, and supports the head in the crook of her arm. This position is recommended once mothers and babies have become comfortable with nursing, usually after the first month.
Industry:Parenting
