Childbirth and Twins
How Many at a Birth? We read in the works of Ambroise Pare, premier surgeon-physician of sixteenth-century France, that Lady Margaret, Countess of Hagenau, was brought to bed of 365 children at one and...
View ArticleThe Examination a Month after Delivery:
Family Planning A patient should be seen in her physician’s office about one month after confinement for a thorough examination. This visit is an integral part of good obstetric care. It furnishes the...
View ArticleCaring Properly For The Newborn Child
Stand back in the shadows of a hospital corridor and spy upon the first meeting between a baby and his family. The blanket is carefully peeled back, and for the first time the child and family meet....
View ArticleNEWBORN MORTALITY
Deaths of newborn are divided in two categories: fetal deaths (stillbirths, fetuses weighing more than fourteen ounces and born dead), and neonatal deaths (infants born alive weighing more than...
View ArticleCONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES
This is a difficult subject to discuss with lay readers, for each prospective parent has a secret dread that his or her child may not be normal. Such fears cannot be helped; they distinguish the...
View ArticleINFANT FEEDING
Breast Versus Bottle ‘Shall I nurse my baby?’ This is a very frequent question. I am in favor of it. I think it is better for both mother and child. Nursing makes the uterus shrink down more rapidly...
View ArticleROOMING IN
Many hospitals have reintroduced rooming in for babies— reintroduced because nurseries are a twentieth-century refinement largely confined to the United States. I was surprised to find on a recent...
View ArticleNEWBORN CLOTHING
What Clothing to Bring to the Hospital for Baby When Going Home 3 diapers with diaper pins 1 cotton receiving blanket 1 nightgown 1 wool blanket 1 quilted pad or plastic pants 1 sweater and cap 1 shirt...
View ArticleInfertility Explained
What are the prospects of an infertile marriage? How long should a couple be thwarted in their attempt to initiate pregnancy before being concerned, and how long before being seriously worried? What...
View ArticleBasic Advice on Childbirth and Pregnancy
This is a wonderful time to have a baby, wonderful for both mother and baby, for in the long history of man birth has never been so safe. The progress made in this area during the past two decades...
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