Labor & delivery

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• Am I in labor?
• When to call the doctor
• Going to the hospital
• Vaginal birth
• Stages of labor
• Rupture of membranes
• Labor stimulants
• Episiotomy
• Vacuum extraction
• Forceps delivery
• Breech presentation
• Cesarean section
• Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Section (VBAC)
• Pain control
• Prepared childbirth
• Bradley Method
• Lamaze technique
• Relaxation techniques
• Alternative therapies
• IV narcotics/analgesics
• Nerve blocks
• Epidural anesthesia
• Spinal anesthesia
• Care of the newborn
• Physiologic changes in the newborn
• Appearance
• Cutting the cord
• APGAR score
• Medication and Testing
• Warming
• Excretion
• Jaundice
• Circumcision
• Choices in Childbirth