MODULE 7

Healthy Birthing

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Advice to Alleviate Back Pain during Labour

ADVICE TO ALLEVIATE BACK PAIN DURING LABOUR
  • Get down on your hands and knees.
  • Lean forwards in a sitting position.
  • Lean forwards in a standing position.
  • Lie on your side.
  • Sit on the floor, back to back with your partner, and rock from side to side or backwards and forwards.
  • Ask to have your back, hips, thighs massaged firmly.
  • The counter-pressure technique the most painful area can be very effective.
  • Place a hot water bottle or ice pack on the most painful area.
  • Stand in a shower, with the water massaging your lower back.
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Positions during the First Stage of Labour

POSITIONS DURING THE FIRST STAGE OF LABOUR

  • It is better to walk as long as you can.

 
  • Lean forward while standing.
  • Lean forward onto a chair or ball.
  • Get down on your hands and knees.
  • Sit in a chair with feet up.
  • Prop up with pillows.
  • Use the tailor position.
  • Lean forward towards another person who will support you under your arms.
  • Lean and support on back of a chair.
  • Lean and support on back of toilet.
  • Lie with your leg on a pillow
  • Sit in a rocking chair or on a birth ball.
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