PSY 2105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Doula, Constipation, Puberty

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2105
• Professor: David Collins

Document Summary

Birth and the perinatal period perinatal period: the events and environment surrounding the birth process. Labour and delivery: goes into labour around 38 weeks, labour (at full-term and preterm) is started by changes in the fetal brain. Chemicals are released to the tell the mother"s uterus to start contracting from a longer period of time to a shorter one: for the first child, labour lasts about 16 hours, labour consists of three stages: When the baby is surgically removed directly from the uterus. Major abdominal surgery: riskier than vaginal delivery because it is prone to more infections. Reasons for c-section: previous c-section, baby in breech position (facing the wrong way, placenta problems, heart rate, lack of oxygen (hypoxia) Approaches to child birth: mothers who attend these child birth classes need less medication during labour, many women see doulas and midwives as an antidote to the medicalization of child birth, doula. Acts like a coach during labour process.