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"Complete"
Maternity Care involves prenatal, intra-partum, and postnatal care
Prenatal Care
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Medical/Pregnancy History
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Risk assessment
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Nutritional counseling &
Sickness management
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All lab work including
Blood grouping, Rhesus factor, Antibody screening, Hematocrit/Hemoglobin,
HIV, etc.
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Urinalysis
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Blood pressure monitoring
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Weight gain assessment
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On going fetal well being
assessment
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24 hour access to your
chosen care provider
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Relaxation techniques
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Pregnancy/Childbirth
education
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Sonograms available
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Prenatal Massage and
Shiatsu by a registered massage therapist
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Information on venues for
birth
Intra-partum
Care (Birth)
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Full labor assessment,
including dilatation, effacement, fetal position, blood pressure
monitoring, continuing fetal well-being assessment, etc.
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Pain management without
drugs
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Relaxation including,
massage, aromatherapy, water therapy, etc.
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All equipment for birth
provided
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Emergency equipment if
needed
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Water birth
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Techniques for avoiding
episiotomies or tears including warm oil massage, warm compresses,
etc.
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Full family involvement
with birth process
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Delivery of new baby to
parents
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Full new baby examination
with parents.
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Trained to cover
emergency procedures (cord around the neck is rarely a medical
emergency)
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Information record
provided
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Antibiotic for eyes
(State Requirement)
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Breast feeding education
& assistance
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Postnatal instructions
given verbally and written
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Newborn metabolic
screening (PKU)
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Eden Song Midwives and
apprentices are qualified in NNR and CPR.
Postnatal Care
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Birth Certificate Filed
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Social Security Number
arranged
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As many post natal visits
as necessary for the parents lasting for 6-8 weeks
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Continuing breast feeding
assistance
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Continuing assessment of
infant well being
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Continuing assessment of
maternal well being
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Family dynamics/Sibling
advice
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Family Planning
Counseling
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