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Taking a newborn care class during pregnancy can prepare caregivers for their future responsibilities. During the stay in a hospital or a birthing center, clinicians and nurses help with basic baby care and demonstrate how to perform it. Newborn care basics include: Handling a newborn, including supporting the baby's neck; Bathing; Dressing ...
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A baby's emotional reaction said it all when he saw the world clearly for the first time through his new glasses. Mercedes noticed her son Kasen's eyes crossing at their home in Evans, Georgia.
Isabella of Hainault rests after having given birth to the future Louis VIII of France.. Postpartum confinement is a traditional practice following childbirth. [1] Those who follow these customs typically begin immediately after the birth, and the seclusion or special treatment lasts for a culturally variable length: typically for one month or 30 days, [2] 26 days, up to 40 days, two months ...
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If the baby is preterm, it may be possible for the baby's body to emerge while the cervix has not dilated enough for the head to emerge. Because the umbilical cord—the baby's oxygen supply—is significantly compressed while the head is in the pelvis during a breech birth, it is important that the delivery of the aftercoming fetal head not be ...
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During labor, the amniotic sac must break so that the child can be born. This is known as rupture of membranes (ROM). Normally, it occurs spontaneously at full term either during or at the beginning of labor. A premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is a rupture of the amnion that occurs prior to the onset of labor.