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...course, there are risks associated with natural childbirth too. During difficult deliveries, in which the mother is pushing for three or more hours, a baby can suffocate or sustain brain damage in the birth canal. Moreover, up to 5% of vaginal deliveries result in severe tearing of the mother's perineum, which can lead to incontinence and an excruciating recovery...
...welcome one in her ability to express physically what the others seemed to have difficulty with on a verbal level. Firestone’s Joan was tastefully well done—the entire theatre came to a standstill as she described the details of an unexpected childbirth and subsequent death with an eerie calm...
...simply because the tools are easy and available but also because their blogs are a response to sociological and psychological shifts. In a harried society in which people can barely return calls on their cell phones, blogging offers a quick way to feel connected to a community. "Pregnancy, childbirth and parenting are times of great personal change and uncertainty, and that enhances our desire to reach out," says Mary Chayko, author of Connecting: How We Form Social Bonds and Communities in the Internet Age (SUNY Press; 2002). "Blogging helps parents connect in a convenient, efficient and stress-free way without...
Even young women can experience SUI after childbirth, but the problem rarely becomes chronic until much later, often around menopause. The loss of estrogen weakens muscle walls, but that only partly explains the timing. "There are a lot of injuries that happen during childbirth that women learn to compensate for," says Dr. Peggy Norton, chief of urogynecology and pelvic reconstructive surgery at the University of Utah. As a woman grows older, Norton explains, her body's means of compensating for the damage may give way. Her muscles may weaken, her reflexes may not be so sharp, or maybe...
...behavior--losing weight, reducing intake of liquids or cutting back on irritants like caffeine, alcohol and cigarettes. If the patient's pelvic floor is weak, she will need to learn how to train her muscles with Kegel exercises--pelvic contractions that are commonly taught to prevent SUI after childbirth but that can also help restore control. Dr. Norton likens the urethra to a garden hose and the pelvic floor to the ground beneath it. When a cough comes along, it's like someone stepping on the hose. Having a strong platform beneath it--a sidewalk as opposed to a soggy...