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Change: Would you like to give this information to your doctor, midwife, or nurse? This information is taken from the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative written for health care providers. You can get a copy of the Iniative for your doctor, midwife, or nurse by mail, e-mail, or on the internet. For
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Change: They show you how to breastfeed. And, they show you how to keep your milk coming in even if you have to be away from your baby for work or other reasons. Newborns should have only breast milk. (However, there may
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Change: need to circumcise baby boys. It is painful and risky. Mother-friendly birth places discourage circumcision unless it is for religious reasons. 10. Ask, "How do you help mothers who want to breastfeed?"The World Health Organization made this list of ways birth services support breastfeeding.
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Jun 9 2009, 4:35 PM EDT
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Change: The people who care for you should know how to help you cope with labor. They should know about ways of dealing with your pain
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Jun 9 2009, 4:26 PM EDT
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Change: They should not keep track of the baby’s heart rate all the time with a machine (called an electronic fetal monitor). Instead, it is best to have your nurse or midwife listen to the baby’s heart from time to time. They should not break your
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Jun 9 2009, 4:25 PM EDT
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Change: There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details.
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Change: Ask, "Can my doctor or midwife come with me if I have to be moved to another place during labor? Can you help me find
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Jun 9 2009, 4:12 PM EDT
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Change: A C-section is a major operation in which a doctor cuts through the mother's stomach into her womb and removes the baby through the opening.
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Jun 9 2009, 4:07 PM EDT
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Change: They should not do an episiotomy (ee-peezee-AH-tummy) on more than 1 in 5 women (20%). They should be trying to bring that number down. (An episiotomy is a cut in the opening to the vagina to make it larger for birth. It is not necessary most of the time.) They
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Jun 9 2009, 4:07 PM EDT
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Change: If they give mother-friendly care, they will tell you how they handle every part of the birthing process. For example, how often do they give
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Jun 9 2009, 4:01 PM EDT
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Jun 9 2009, 3:59 PM EDT
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Change: First, you should learn as much as you can about all your choices. There are many different ways of caring for a mother and her
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Change: Alaska Birth Network is a chapter of BirthNetwork National, a consumer based, grassroots organization based on the belief that birth can profoundly affect our physical,
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