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Prolonged First Stages of Labor
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Prolonged First Stages of Labor
After successfully carrying the pregnancy for nine months, all expectant mothers are always eager to receive their newborns just like any other ordinary mother. For the first time pregnancies, the expectant mothers usually go through a labor pain of up to twelve hours, where an extent of that is described as prolonged labor. Prolonged labor, also widely described as failure to progress is a situation where the labor period of a first-time mother lasts for up to twenty hours or more where the other category of mothers who have previously given both encounter fourteen hours of pain unlike the normal four to maximum of eight hours. It is a rare case among recent births, though the pain leads to discomfort and draining of the mother’s emotional ability or power (Cluff, 8). Even though the situation causes no harm for the baby and the mother, prolonged pain may be a form of suffering to new mothers an act which may lead to depression.
There are several reasons which lead to longer labor, where each of them is determined by the body of the mother or other factors which may have happened during the pregnancy. Biologically, scientists and doctors have proven that effacement of the cervix may cause an increase to the duration taken during labor. If the birth control is small for the baby, the process may take much more time or sometimes fail completely (Sadler, 915). Giving birth to multiple children may also fall into the category of main causes of failure to progress. Carrying multiple babies in the womb causes weakening of the uterine contractions, which then makes the process of delivering longer as the contractions are quite slow and inefficient to the mother. In order for the delivering process to be faster, the mother’s uterine wall contractions should be strong enough to guarantee a quicker exit of the new born, hence making the mother to give birth normally.
There are several ways which are used to prevent prolonged labors, which make the process faster by either natural or man-made ways. According to a medical review done by Brian Levine, a medical doctor, research shows that there are methods which an expectant mother can use to fasten the labor through changing her body positions. He argues that people should not always rush to medical intervention which leads most of the patients into C-section or the Caesarian birth. According to Robin Elise, a researcher who came up with an article concerning prolonged births, expectant mothers should be ready to switch their positions incase their birth period have prolonged (Weiss, 24). He described several positions which an expectant mother facing longer labor may put herself in order to fasten the process.
Standing and walking is one of the positions which most of doctors’ advice mothers to think of any time they face challenges in giving birth. Standing, according to study of force increases the gravity, which in turn is useful to the mother as it increases the pressure which was originally in the cervix hence supporting the movement of the baby from the womb to the pelvis. It may sound quite funny but most of the doctor’s advice expectant mothers who are experiencing long labor to wake up, dance or do any other physical activity which will involve movement of their body (Cluff, 4). Changing the position also may fall under another explanation, where the expectant mothers in this case are advised to do extra activities like sitting on a birth ball or other chairs known as rocking chairs. If the baby’s position is making the process of birth to take longer time, these activities help in easing the pain which expectant mother goes through, thus giving her enough energy to help her uterine walls in contraction.
According to research done at Harris Birthing Centre which is located at DMC Huron Valley at Sinai Hospital, clear and rigid labor walking paths have been created and tested, whereby the staff at the hospital claim that the plan has been helping many expectant mothers who are unable to deliver normally due to body complications leading to prolonged births. In this hospital, expectant mothers are taught important ways of avoiding possible cesarean sections, where simple guidelines are set for them to follow thus achieving a normal birth (Johnson, 386). Study done by several researchers’ shows that walking can be a way of reducing time taken during labor as the act helps in opening up the pelvis. Again, walking can help in getting the baby in a position where it will be delivered faster and more safe.
There are several steps which expectant mothers are always urged to follow, where a medical doctors believe that they will greatly help in reducing the labor time. Introducing the mother to the plan is the first step, where they are taught what to do and expect. Doing regular squats may help her in the time of delivery as it helps in alignment of the pelvis hence getting the unborn baby into better position to be delivered fast (Sadler, 910). Labor advices which include showing and explaining to the mother the importance of hydration are offered during this process. During birth, the mother loses a lot of blood, which can only be compensated if the mother was taking enough water and other fluids which help the body in making more blood and generating enough energy. According to my research, shortening the labor period helps in regulation of levels of pain hence making the whole process memorable for the mother. In most cases, pain is the main idea which forces most of the mothers to choose other options of delivery such as C-section, where most of them complain of not being able to endure prolonged painful experience.
Works Cited
Cluff, Ann Hjelm, et al. “Prolonged labour associated with lower expression of syndecan 3 and connexin 43 in human uterine tissue.” Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 4.1 (2006): 1-9.
Johnson, G. Trevor. “Prolonged Labour.” British medical journal 2.5041 (1957): 386.
Sadler, L. C., T. Davison, and L. M. E. McCowan. “A randomised controlled trial and meta‐analysis of active management of labour.” BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 107.7 (2000): 909-915.
Weiss, Robin Elise. “Prenatal yoga for partners.” International Journal of Childbirth Education 25.2 (2010): 24.
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PROJECT 6
From Chapter 13
Define rain shadow, desertification, dune, inselberg, loess, desert, and four other terms. Give substantive, complete, and original definitions that are your expressions of the terms or concepts—not cut-and-paste definitions. Use citations as appropriate to support your statements.
Rain shadow
An area that experiences little precipitation due to topographic barriers like mountain ranges which makes prevailing winds with moisture to lose it on the windward side before reaching it making it dry
Desertification
A gradual process of land degradation in arid and semi-arid areas due to exploitive human activities like overgrazing and other climatic changes leading to change of habitable land into a desert particularly in the zones along the margins of deserts
Dune
This is a hill of windblown sand commonly found along low lying seashores and also in deserts occurring in different forms and sizes.
Inselberg
A huge knob, or mountain that is rocky , rising abruptly from gently sloping plain nearly lowland in arid or semiarid regions typically by surviving erosion. Also known as Island Mountain.
Loess
A well sorted, fine grained accumulation of calcareous silt or clay ranging from yellowish to brownish in color relatively homogenous thought to have been deposited by wind.
Desert
This refers to an area that receives low rainfall and it’s normally dry. It’s a barren land with no vegetation making the conditions unfriendly for both plants and animals to endure.
From Chapter 14
Define barrier island, estuary, longshore current, neap tide, spit, spring tide, tombolo, and three other terms. Give substantive, complete, and original definitions that are your expressions of the terms or concepts—not cut-and-paste definitions. Use citations as appropriate to support your statements.
Barrier island
Long narrow offshore island forming as a result of action of tides and currents parallel to the mainland that protects coast from storms and erosions by surf an tidal surges.
Estuary
A region where fresh water comes into contact with seawater, commonly in a partly enclosed coastal water body. A combination of fresh and salt water where the current of a stream meets the tides.
Longshore current
A current that travels parallel to a shore and is made from the thrust of breaking waves that approach the shore indirectly.
Neap tide
Is a tide with lowest difference between high and low tides occurring twice in a month when sun and moon are at the right angles to the earth producing the smallest rise and fall in tidal level.
Spit
Is a narrow coastal landform made when coast abruptly changes its direction projecting into a body of water .Spit is composed of sand or shingle with one end in the sea or river estuary and the other on land.
Spring tide
Are extremely high and low tides that take place at the time of the new moon or the full moon when the sun, moon, and earth are just about to align.
Tombolo
Its is one or more sandbars or spits that link islands to mainland.
From Chapter 18
Define oil trap, ore, placer deposit, nonrenewable resource, secondary enrichment, geothermal energy, cap rock, and three other terms. Give substantive, complete, and original definitions that are your expressions of the terms or concepts—not cut-and-paste definitions. Use citations as appropriate to support your statements.
Oil trap
A buildup of petroleum which, by a mixture of physical conditions, is stopped from evading laterally or vertically.
Ore
A natural deposit in which a valuable metallic component occurs in high sufficient concentration to make mining economically achievable.
Placer deposit
Natural concentration of heavy minerals produced by the effect of gravity on moving particles.
Nonrenewable resource
It’s an economic resource that does not renew or replenish itself after it is used. Fossil fuel is an example of nonrenewable resource because once it is used cannot be used again.
Secondary enrichment
A mineral deposit that has been changed and enriched in valuable metals such as copper due to the effect of weathering of surface portion of the vein.
Geothermal energy
It is energy stored in form of heat beneath the earth’s surface. This energy produces electricity which is used for heating buildings and greenhouse.
Cap rock
It’s a layer of rock that placed on top of a sand dome and comprises of limestone and gypsum. Impervious layer of rock that is more resistant and lies on a less resistant rock.
References
Lyell, C., & Rudwick, M. J. (19901991). Principles of geology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Geikie, A. (1904). Geology, (Ed. De luxe. ed.). New York: J. A. Hill and Company.
Dixon, D. (1982). Geology (A Franklin Watts library ed.). London: F. Watts.
THE GLASS CEILING
THE GLASS CEILING
The organizational policies and opportunities that could have benefited Lisa and Pamela is that if the company was empowered by women that providing chances for them to keep business running smoothly .If also Lisa and Pamela allowed zero tolerance of discrimination like sexual, age, racial and gender discrimination.
The company should not appraise their employees based on their gender but on their performance .the equality policies could be their best beneficiary because they gave them the same opportunities as the rest of the people in the company .the organization should have treated Lisa like any other employee and give her the same opportunities as her male colleagues .the company could have changed its culture and promote Lisa because she had the best results
Moreover, the company should hire more women and change its gender policies so that the two women should feel secured have the right to talk out their opinions .The Company should also clear up the type of advantages the women should bring into the company and understand that mistakes don’t depend on gender
Some of the things the organization could do to raise the gender consciousness would be to consider training designed to encourage employees to accept and appreciate racial and ethnic diversity.in this training people will be able to know the different type of discrimination and harassment and the actions and steps they should take when they encounter such situations.
In these seminars that will teach people about their rights should also discuss other ways to include women in growing the company .The women should work on their goal reality volunteer for higher level projects and also seek out mentors who can support their carrier goals.
In every organization, women at work should be supported, included in the key networks, their negotiation power should be increased and also the organization should enhance internal communication about the role of the women in the society.