Birthing at Home
(Page 4 of 4)
If there is any indication of trouble before or during
labor, go to a hospital or get a doctor to come
immediately.
RELATED CONTENT
Having babies at home is not modern nor approved nor even
recommended today . . . but an increasing number of folks
are choosing to believe that it is both dignified and RIGHT
to do so. It's time the medical profession faced the fact
and took steps to provide safety and care for delivery in
the home. That's where babies were meant to be born.
Good luck. Let me know how it goes for you.
C. Mishler
501 S. Court St.
Visalia, California 93277
* JOHN STARR, M.D. COMMENTS: Contrary to popular belief,
boiling is not a guaranteed effective way of
killing germs on either scissors or the material used to
tie an umbilical cord. Heat resistant tetanus and hepatitis
germs can be killed only by pressure cooking the objects to
be sterilized at maximum pressure setting for at least 20
minutes.
Surgical gloves (sterile and disposable, size 7 or 8)
should be worn when tying baby's cord or whenever touching
any area of mother injured in birth.
Tetanus (in the baby) and childbed fever (in the mother)
can result from improper sterilizing techniques and from
not using gloves and masks to perform the delivery.
Surgical masks and gloves are available from a physician's
supply house (see the yellow pages).
SIX LESSONS FOR EASIER CHILDBIRTH, Elisabeth Bing; Grosset,
$4.95.
HUSBAND COACHED CHILDBIRTH, Robert A. Bradley; Harper,
$4.95.
NURSING YOUR BABY, Karen Pryor; Harper,$4.95.
WOMANLY ART OF BREASTFEEDING, LaLeche Founda tion,
$3.00.
EMERGENCY CHILDBIRTH, Gregory J. White; LaLeche Foundation,
$3.00.
Page:
<< Previous 1 |
2 |
3 | 4 |
