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Auteur Zeena Martis |
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Pregnancy should be a normal and fulfilling experience for women during their childbearing years. In an ideal scenario, labour and birth happen spontaneously and will require little or no intervention. However, we do not live in the ideal world, therefore a labouring woman requires professional care and support, with the ...![]()
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Tamara Salama Alshdafat ; Fayrooz Abu Essa ; Marion Kibuka ; Kavin Shiney Anson ; Zeena Martis | 2020Background: Normal delivery can cause tearing to the vagina and the surrounding tissue and as the baby is born, the tear can extend to the rectum. Tears are repaired surgically but take time to heal. Historically, to facilitate birth and protect the fetus, obstetricians recommended making a surgical cut to ...![]()
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Background:Bonding between a mother and her baby starts after delivery by placing the newborn on the mother's chest, initiating skin-to-skin contact. This is an evidence-based, cost-effective, miraculous method that is easily available and is a reproducible technique which helps mothers initiate breastfeeding in a natural way (Alive & Thrive 2010, World ...