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C-section
—— C-section explained - layer by layer through the abdominal wall.✂️ 🔎 The surgical process for a C-section briefly involves: 1. **Anesthesia**: Administering anesthesia, usually a spinal block or epidural, to numb the lower half of the body. 2. **Incisions**: Making a horizontal incision in the lower abdomen, just above the pubic hairline, followed by an incision in the uterus. 3. **Delivery**: The baby is gently lifted out through the incisions. The umbilical cord is cut, and the baby is handed to pediatric care. 4. **Closing Incisions**: The placenta is removed, the uterus is sutured, and the abdominal incision is closed with stitches, staples, or surgical glue. 5. **Recovery**: Involves rest and monitoring for complications, with a longer healing period th
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Avoid a Cesarean with This Pushing Tip
You’ve got to try this one if you find yourself in a scenario where people are saying baby is “stuck,” you’ve been pushing for hours, or there are whispers of needing a cesarean. Your pelvis is a funnel. Baby has to make lots of wiggles and maneuvers to get through - and 🌟 Knees In, Feet Out 🌟 pushing opens the BOTTOM of the funnel (where babies may get “stuck”). 📌 In any pushing position (on the back, on the side, hands and knees, squatting), if you rotate your KNEES TOGETHER (and feet apart) your femur(s) rotate in such a way that the BOTTOM of the pelvis opens. 🙌🏼 Pulling your legs way back (like we’re often told to do (and yes, I’m guilty as an RN of teaching and encouraging that sometimes)) is really the opposite of what the pelvis/baby need! 👉🏼 This can feel hard to do -
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