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A:   Antenatal Classes -
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Choosing
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    Antenatal Depression        
    Alcohol        

B:   Baby Movement        
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Detected by others
What to expect
First feeling
   
    Birth -

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Alternative to Hospital
Ceasarean


False labour

Forceps delivery

Home birth

Hospitals


Options
Stages of Labour


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Partners
Reason
Description
Identification
Alternatives
Description
Reason
Discussion
Possibility
Discussion
Questions to ask
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Content
Reason
Rigidity
   
    Bleeding & Spotting        
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Description
Distingiushed from labour
Reason
When to worry
   
    Breastfeeding -
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Effect of laughter
Overdue baby
   
    Breasts -
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Changes
Fluid leaking
Pain
   
    Breathlessness        
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Chance of Caesarian
Labour
Turning by Doctor or Midwife
Turning to head down
Types
   
           
   

C:   Cat issues        
    Cervix -
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Description
Incompetent
Ripe
   
    Childbirth Classes        
    Clumsiness        
    Coffee        
    Constipation -
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Prevention & relief
Reasons
   
   
D:   Dizziness        
    Dog Issues        
    Doula        
    Doula - Doula or Midwife    
    Due Date        
           
   
E:   Ectopic        
    Emotions -
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Partner
Self
   
    Exhaustion -
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Reason
Relief
   
   
F:   Fainting        
    Father at caesarian
Father’s fear of delivery
Father’s fears
Father's moodiness
       
    Feet        
    Flying when pregnant        
    Foetal Hiccups        
    Folic Acid        
           
   
G:   Genetic Counselling        
    Gestational Diabetes -

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Checking up on baby
Diet
Early delivery
Exercise
Insulin
Learning to manage
Management
Nutritional Support Overweight
Reason for test
Symptoms
   
   
H:   Headaches -
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Medication
Reason
Migraine
Relief
   
    Heartburn -
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Effect on baby
Reason
Relief
   
           
   
I:   Immunization of mother        
    Incontinence -
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Discussion
Relief
When to call the doctor
   
    Infertility (Secondary) - A misconception?    
    Induction -

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Induction after waters break
Induction & normal birth

Pain
Reasons
   
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Reason
Snoring
Solutions
   
     
           
   
K:   Kegels        
   
L:   Labour - Easing labour    
   
M:   Meconium in amniotic fluid        
    Morning sickness -
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Duration
Reason
Relief
When to worry
   
   
O:   Oedema,swelling,water retention,bloating

Overheating
       
           
   
P:   Perineum -
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Discussion
Preparing for Birth
   
    Placenta -

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High blood pressure
Importance
Placenta previa
Abruptio
   
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Risk
Symptoms
Treatment
   
    Pregnancy tests -
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Accuracy
Explanation
Factors influencing
Types
   
    Pregnant while using Contraceptives
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IUD
The Pill
   
    Prenatal Depression
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    Prenatal testing        
    Previous abortion        
           
   
R:   Rhesus Disease
Restless Legs
       
    Risk Counselling        
   
S:   Second baby -

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Aiding the second pregnancy
Carrying a toddler
Difference in second pregnancy
Feeling overwhelmed
Second delivery
Similar pregnancy
Small gap between babies
   
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Is it ok?
Care
   
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Sexually transmitted diseases
Bacterial Vaginosis (BV)
Chlamydia
Genital Herpes Genital warts
Gonorrhoea
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Chances of infection

Implications
Testing
Syphilis
Trichomoniasis
    Sleeping Problems        
    Smoking -
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Active Smoker
Passive Smoking
   
    Sound in the womb        
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Discussion
Helpful tips
Relief
   
   
T:   Triple Test
Triple Test
Toilet Troubles

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Stress Incontinence
Frequent need for Toilet
   
           
   
U:   Ultrasound scan -
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Description
Effect on baby
Reason
   
   
W:   Water birth


Waters break
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benefits
reasons not to
safety of baby
   
    Weight gain        
    Weight gain
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How much?
   
    Weight or Diet -
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What to avoid?
What to eat?
 
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