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heartbeat of baby, 255
helping mother to eat and drink,
250
helping mother to urinate, 249
helping with breastfeeding, 252
overview, 157
preventing heavy bleeding
(mother), 248
recording baby’s signs, 253
temperature of baby, 255–256
watching mother for infection, 251
watching mother’s feelings
about her baby, 251
what to do for the baby, 252–267
what to do for the mother,
246–252
First weeks after birth, 269–279
Also see First few hours after birth
baby not gaining weight or
growing normally, 276
baby not urinating or passing
stool in first day, 275
caring for the baby’s cord, 277
color of baby’s skin and eyes, 279
dehydration (baby), 275
giving emotional support, 274
helping mother care for herself,
269
leaking urine or stool (mother), 273
legs red, hard, swollen, or painful
(mother), 273
signs of infection (baby), 277–279
vomit “shoots” out (baby), 276
what to do for the baby, 274–279
what to do for the mother,
269–274
womb and bleeding, watching
mother’s, 270
womb infection, signs of, 271
Fish, 35, 42
Fistula (hole in the vagina)
leaking urine or stool and, 273
long labor and, 186
in past pregnancies, 94
preventing, 22, 273
Fits. See Convulsions (fits)
Flat nipples, 287
Floor
underpadding for birth on, 58
washing, 57
Fluids. See Water and liquids
Folding scale, homemade,
445–446
Folic acid (folate), 37
Folk medicine, 17
Fontanels (soft spots in baby’s
head), 259
Food. See Bottle feeding;
Breastfeeding; Eating and food
Foot. See Feet
Footling breech (feet first), 215,
218–219. Also see Breech baby
(bottom down)
Forceps, 142, 435
Foreskin. See Circumcision (male)
Forgetfulness during pregnancy,
83
Formaldehyde, 64
Formula. See Bottle feeding
Frank breech (straight legs), 215,
216–218. Also see Breech baby
(bottom down)
Friends. See Community
Fruits, 35, 42
Fumes, 47
Fungus. See Yeast infection
G
Garbage dumps, 69
Gardnerella (BV or bacterial
vaginosis), 328
Gas pains (colic), 291
Generic names of medicines, 467
Genital herpes, 331–332
Genitals
Also see Pelvic exam; Sexually
transmitted infections (STIs);
Vagina
bulging during contractions, 195
checking baby’s, 263–264
checking mother’s after birth,
248–249
cleaning mother’s after birth, 247
illustrated, 27, 376
itching, 77, 326, 327, 328
swollen veins around, 76
torn during birth, 248
Genital ulcers (sore on genitals),
329–333
avoiding sex if present, 329
chancroid, 330, 331
genital herpes, 331–332
HPV (genital warts), 333, 379, 380
syphilis, 329–330
Genital warts (HPV), 333, 379, 380
German measles (rubella), 45, 95
Germs
defined, 49
how they get into the body, 50
infection caused by, 49–51
keeping away, 52–56, 175
sterilization and, 60
Getting up and down during
pregnancy, 78
Girls’ need for food, 39
Gloves
disposing of, 68
how to put on sterile gloves, 55
plastic bags as, 54
for preventing infection, 51
reusing, 66
sterile packets of, 55, 65
sterile, using, 54–55
sterilizing, 66
Glow foods, 34, 35, 36–39. Also see
Minerals; Vitamins
Glutaraldehydes, 64
Glycerine and alcohol hand
cleaner, 54
Go foods (fats, oils, and sugar), 34,
35
Goiter, 38, 117
Gonorrhea (gono), 50, 323–325
Gourd model for womb, 454
Grains, 35, 42
Greed and medicine, 19
Grow foods (proteins), 34, 35, 250
Guarding the labor, 158
Guiding the labor, 159–163
Gums
pale, 116
sore or bleeding, 117
H
Hands
Also see Touching inside the
vagina
checking baby’s, 262
swollen in mother (warning sign),
76, 81, 126, 127
washing, 53–54, 153, 168
Hard stools. See Constipation
Harelip (cleft lip), 261–262
Harmful diet beliefs, 39–40
Headaches
during pregnancy, 81
migraines, 81
as warning sign, 81, 109, 125
Head of baby
Also see Breech baby
(bottom down)
beginning to show in birth,
196–197
caputs and hematomas, 260
checking after birth, 259–260
clearing nose and mouth, 208–210
finding in pregnant mother,
137–138
to one side in womb (asynclitic),
204
shape, suture lines, and fontanels,
259
slowing the birth of, 207–208
Head up position. See Breech baby
(bottom down)
Health care in pregnancy, 33–47
Also see Prenatal checkups
512
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