Care of the Mother and Newborn

INTRODUCTION - The Purpose of This Module - How to Use This Module - The Community Profile - Building Your Community Profile - THE FAMILY - Personal Beliefs About the Family - Changing Models of the Family - Changing Attitudes to the Family - Choices about having Children - SUPPORTING WOMEN IN PREGNANCY - The Impact of Pregnancy - Learning about Reproduction - Sources of Information - Meeting the Needs of Particular Groups - What do Women think of Antenatal Services? - THE EXPERIENCE OF PREGNANCY - Recognising Pregnancy - Confirming Pregnancy - Being Pregnant - Antenatal Care: What does it entail? - Health Education and Antenatal Care - THE EXPERIENCE OF BIRTH - What happens in Labour? - The Stages of Labour - How do Women Know when Labour has begun? - Choices in Labour - Coping with Labour - Monitoring the Progress of Labour - Pain Relief - ADAPTING TO A NEW LIFE - Adapting to Extra-uterine Life - General Observations on the Care of the Newborn - Feeding - Adapting to Motherhood - EXPECTATIONS AND REALITY - Our Expectations in Relation to Childbirth - Society's Expectations of Childbearing - The Pursuit of Perfection - Problems with Pregnancy - Health Problems in Pregnancy - Complicated Labour and Delivery - After the Birth - Conclusion - References