Complete the online self-check questionnaire: Are you really Ready for Birth & Baby?
Complete the online self-check questionnaire: Are you really Ready for Birth & Baby?
12 Critical Questions (for new layout)
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1. Myself and my Birth Support Person(s) all understand well about the 3 Phases of Labor (latent, active, advanced-active) and the 3 Stages of Childbirth (labour-birth-afterbirth).
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1 – Very Unsure
2 – Unsure
3 – So So
4 – Confident
5 – Very Confident
2. I know when the Five-Week period during pregnancy begins and ends that is the normal time to give birth (ie not premature, not postdates). And I know about Optimal Positioning exercise-positions useful in the last weeks of pregnancy to assist Baby into the best lie.
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1 – Very Unsure
2 – Unsure
3 – So So
4 – Confident
5 – Very Confident
3. I know about Naturopathic and Homeopathic remedies that assist in late Pregnancy to ripen a cervix, and assist in Childbirth for pain-management and cervix-dilatation.
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1 – Very Unsure
2 – Unsure
3 – So So
4 – Confident
5 – Very Confident
4. Myself and my Birth Support Person(s) have learned about and practiced Hyponobirthing and Acupressure techniques for assisting managing my contraction pain to improve cervix dilatation, and we know about hiring a TENS machine.
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1 – Very Unsure
2 – Unsure
3 – So So
4 – Confident
5 – Very Confident
5. I know all the Signs of pending Labour (eg bloody shows up to 2 weeks ahead).
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1 – Very Unsure
2 – Unsure
3 – So So
4 – Confident
5 – Very Confident
6. I understand how to tell the difference between Braxton Hicks and real contractions.
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1 – Very Unsure
2 – Unsure
3 – So So
4 – Confident
5 – Very Confident
7. I understand the difference between a water-labor and a water-birth, and I have been told about the effective breathing technique for using Gas (nitrous oxide).
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1 – Very Unsure
2 – Unsure
3 – So So
4 – Confident
5 – Very Confident
8. I feel well informed of the respiratory risk-factors to Baby when using an Opiate for Contraction pain management.
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1 – Very Unsure
2 – Unsure
3 – So So
4 – Confident
5 – Very Confident
9. I feel well informed of the multiple high-risk factors to Mother & Baby when using an Epidural for pain management.
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1 – Very Unsure
2 – Unsure
3 – So So
4 – Confident
5 – Very Confident
10. I feel knowledgeable about the advantages and disadvantages to Baby of opting for Delayed Cord Clamping; and the haemorrhage risk-factor indicators for me to receive an Oxytocin shot before the Placenta is born. Plus I know about Placental encapsulation options and health benefits.
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1 – Very Unsure
2 – Unsure
3 – So So
4 – Confident
5 – Very Confident
11. I understand what the newborn APGAR assessment is, how and when it is done, and what a Normal Score is. And I am informed of the advantages and disadvantages to baby of receiving Vitamin-K after birth.
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1 – Very Unsure
2 – Unsure
3 – So So
4 – Confident
5 – Very Confident
12. I understand about Babies' common Day 3-7 yellow Jaundice, and how to tell when Jaundice is severe and no longer normal – Plus I have information about Baby Crying Signs (eg how to tell when they are tired, overtired, underfed, overfed, thriving, unwell).
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1 – Very Unsure
2 – Unsure
3 – So So
4 – Confident
5 – Very Confident
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