Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site ISM780.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!cca!ISM780!joan From: joan@ISM780.UUCP Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Childbirth Survey Message-ID: <29700002@ISM780.UUCP> Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 19:30:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ISM780.29700002 Posted: Thu Sep 19 19:30:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 22-Sep-85 23:58:15 EDT Lines: 232 Nf-ID: #N:ISM780:29700002:000:5622 Nf-From: ISM780!joan Sep 19 19:30:00 1985 I'm curious as to what kinds of birth experiences us netters have had. All interested parties please answer this survey and MAIL results to one of these addresses: cca!ima!ism780!alexander OR decvax!vortex!ism780!alexander Send entries in for as many birth experiences as you wish (just make sure no one else in your family is duplicating the entry). I'll collect responses for a while (how long is while? i don't know.) and then post some kind of a summary. ========================================================================= I - GENERAL QUESTIONS 1) When was the birth (what year)? (This question is optional if you don't want to tell your current age) 2) How old were you at the time? 3) Was this your first child? 4) Boy or Girl? 5) In general, how would describe the whole experience? Fantastic __ Good __ Neutral __ Bad __ Rotten __ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- II - PRENATAL CARE 1) How often did you visit your practitioner: Early in pregnancy? Late in pregnancy? 2) Did you take any childbirth/labor classes? 3) Did you do any special exercises? 4) Did you go on a special diet (what kind)? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- III - PRACTITIONER/SITE 1) Where was the baby born? Hospital __ Birthing Center __ Home __ Other (please specify) 2) Who attended you during labor? Doctor __ Nurse-midwife __ Lay midwife __ Family member/friend __ Other (please specify) 3) Besides your practitioner, were other friends/family allowed to be with you? Not at all __ During labor only __ During labor and delivery __ 4) Were you allowed to eat or drink during labor? (if so, what did you eat/drink?) 5) Were you given an IV? 6) Were you allowed to hold your baby right after s/he was born? For how long? 7) Did you nurse your baby right after s/he was born? 8) Was the baby kept in the same room with you or in a nursery? If s/he was kept in a nursery, was there a strict feeding schedule? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV - LABOR 1) What was your first labor "symptom"? Breaking of waters __ Contractions __ Bloody "show" __ Other (please specify) 2) How long was each phase of labor: First stage (from beginning until full dilation was reached)? Second stage (from end of first stage until baby was born)? Third stage (delivery of afterbirth)? 3) Did you use some kind of "method" (Lamaze, Bradley, etc.) during labor? If so, what method? 4) What position(s) did you assume during labor? (check as many as apply) Sitting __ Squatting __ Hands and knees __ Standing __ Walking __ Laying on back __ Laying on side __ Others (please specify) 5) In general, how would you describe your labor? Excruciating __ Painful __ More hard work than pain __ Fairly easy __ Piece of cake __ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- V - END PRODUCT 1) How much did your baby(s) weigh? 2) What was his/her first Apgar score? 3) What was the last Apgar score? 4) How far before/after the due date was s/he? 5) How long did you nurse your baby? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI - MEDICAL PROCEDURES 1) Were any of the following used/performed during your pregnancy/birth? Pubic shave __ Enema __ Artificial rupture of waters __ Induction of labor __ Augmentation of labor using hormones __ Induced dilation __ Fetal monitor: Internal __ External __ Anasthesia/analgesia (what kind?) __ Episiotomy: As the baby's head was crowning __ Earlier in labor __ Forceps delivery: High __ Middle __ Low __ Vaccuum extraction __ Manual extraction of afterbirth __ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VII - RISKS/COMPLICATIONS 1) Did any "high-risk" situations apply to your pregnancy? Age (over 35) __ Age (under 16) __ Anemia __ Diabetes __ Hypertension/Toxemia __ Rh factor __ Multiple Pregnancy __ Other (please specify) 2) Did any complications occur during labor/delivery? Premature birth __ Breech birth (what type? attempt made to turn it? succesfully?) Placenta previa (placenta blocking cervical opening) __ Premature separation of placenta __ Amniotic fluid infection __ Premature rupture of waters __ CPD (baby too large, pelvis too small) __ Prolapsed cord __ Stillbirth __ Birth defects (please specify) Other (please specify) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIII - CAESAREAN SECTION 1) Was a C/SEC performed? Why was it needed? 2) Was it a repeat C/SEC (no other indication for it except that you'd had a C/SEC in the past)? If so, did you have a trial labor? 3) Did you have a vaginal delivery this time after having a C/SEC in the past? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- IX - COMMENTS (I wanna hear anything you wanna tell me) ========================================================================= Thank you for sharing. ****************************************************************************** Joan "the VMS group is moving mountains" Alexander Interactive Systems, Santa Monica, CA cca!ima!ism780!alexander decvax!vortex!ism780!alexander "Opinions expressed herein were not mine originally, but were forced on me at gunpoint by the Interactive Systems Corporation" Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com