LIFE BEGINS - Labor and Birth

Labor & Birth

	"Life Begins is an impressive piece of work. It is the most thorough and complete authority on the process of childbirth that I have seen."
	Patricia Weiss, The Choice of Life

With strength, joy, pain and great expectation, a woman gives birth. No one knows exactly how labor begins, but it results in powerful contractions of the uterus and an equally powerful response from the mother. Their combined efforts produce a force that pushes the baby from the comfortable confines of the womb. See four different birthing scenes (optional lockout). Animated and interactive graphics explain the sequence of labor and the development of the newborn.

Sample Topics:

Accelerating labor
Apgar score
Attachment & bonding
Birth attendant
Birth site
Bottle feeding
Breast feeding
Breastmilk
Breech position
Cesarean birth
Colostrum
Complications
Contractions
Drug abuse & newborn addiction
Ductus arteriosus
Effects of STDs on newborn

Father
First stage of labor
Fontanelles
Foramen ovale
Fourth stage of labor
Hormones of labor
Labor concerns
Newborn circulation
Parenting
Premature birth
Rupture of membranes
Second stage of labor
Signs of labor
Third stage of labor
Umbilical cord
Vaginal birth

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