A doula baby.

A doula baby.
Zoe with her doula

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Comfort measures for labour



A – Z  Comfort Measures

A  -  agile, affirmations, aroma
B  -  birthing ball, back rub, baby dance, breathing
C  -  cold pack, candles, counter pressure
D  -  drink frequently, doula, dance
E  -  encouragement, eating, efflurage
F  -  fan, flowers, food
G  -  goal – cope with 1 contraction at a time, grunt
H  -  heat packs, hugs, humour
I  -  ice, imagery, intuitive
J  -  jokes – keep your sense of humour, jiggle, jump
K  -  kindness, kisses, kegel
L  -  loose fitting shirt, love, lemon scent 
M  -  music, massage, movement
N  -  nutrition, nurse support, nurtures
O  -  oil for massage, open-mindedness, open glottis
P  -  pillows, praise, position change, pressure
Q  -  queries, quiet, treat like a queen
R  -  relaxation, rest reassurance,
S  -  support – emotional and physical, smells, stretch
T  -  tens, touch, tension release, talk
U  -  unbelievable concentration, urinate, upright
V  -  visualisation, vocalise, view
W  -  water, walk
X  -  Xclude interventions, Xcellent, Xcited
Y  -  yahoo – another contraction gone, yell, yellow ball
Z  -  zoom-in – your baby is nearly here, zzz



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