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ICEA Blog-Giveaway
ICEA Giveaway
Have you read the March edition of the ICEA journal? Its full of valuable information and I highly suggest checking it out. Each issue I always make sure I read "The Way I Teach" first. I find the column to be informative and inspiring. So much so that I thought I would pose the same question in my blog to all of you- and the best part is - you could win a prize....
Tell me how you teach Third Stage Labor and you could win a great gift from ICEA...post a comment explaining your techniques and/or tips. What works and what doesn't? Perhaps you are not an educator yet but are working towards your certification- then share with us how you plan on teaching third stage. There are no right or wrong answers-just looking to hear about your creative techniques.
Have fun and Good luck!!!
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And the winner is...
Congratulations to the "anonymous" educator who posted "3rd Stage Labor" on April 21st! You have one the first ICEA blog Giveaway! Please email me your contact information:
simone.snyder7@gmail.com
It was not an easy decision-a lot of good points were brought up and some fantastic ideas on teaching Third Stage Labor! Thank you to all who participated and please don't forget to check in again soon for the next blog giveaway!
More Time on Third Stage
I came to this looking for great answers from other childbirth educators as I am still working towards becoming a childbirth educator myself, and there were no answers! I am looking forward to watching for more answers after mine.
In my study I feel as though not enough time or importance is placed on the third stage of labor because the "end result" is already done, the birthed baby everyone is so excited to finally meet. The problem is most of the time in the hurry up and be done of it all some providers may tug, or pull on the placenta that studies show to be unhelpful or possibly causing complications.
More focus needs to be placed on letting the placenta really detach and deliver in its own time, with a mother conscious of the delivery.
Detailing your desires in your birth plan, and discussing prior to birth with your provider is one very important step in this process!
Danielle Elwood,
CTBirthAdvocate@aol.com
Third Stage
I show moms and partners a video called Birth Day from Naoli Vinaver. I explain the physiological attributes of the placenta. Then we discuss how people deliver and use the placenta throughout the world. We discuss lotus births as well which always leaves plenty of room for dialogue.
teaching 3rd stage
I use a model placenta and describe physiological first, then active. Then I ask for participants to think of benefits / risks of both - sometime there are a few responses, sometimes none so then I state them. I talk about who is going to cut the cord and when. I have a great birth video that also shows Mum birthing the placenta and it shows the midwives checking over and explaining the placenta to the family. We talk about what they are going to do with the placenta (in NZ it is common for them to be taken home and burried).
Teaching Third Stage: Contact Paper on a Balloon
This is not an original thought: I heard it from someone else and got permission to steal it! Inflate a balloon (the uterus) and then stick a round, contact paper "placenta" on it. As you let the air out of the balloon the contact paper unsticks itself. When the air is all out of the balloon the placenta essentially falls off of the balloon. This makes it look much easier than pushing out the baby. Also, I explain that bigger task is already complete - this one has no bones!
3rd stage teaching
Are you sure you just want to hear about the third stage of labor (from delivery of the newborn to delivery of the placenta?). I teach that all in one as pushing/birth/delivery of the placenta. I like to use an elbow of pipe and a tennis ball to show the difference between pushing the baby out on your back and pushing the baby out in an upright position. When I tip the elbow up and the tennis ball rolls out, all you have to say is "see how easy it can be?" and the whole class starts laughing (great stress-breaker). We discuss how the placenta is just like delivering a sponge, and that that will be so easy after pushing out that baby's head! I teach that in 3rd stage, most moms don't even notice that part of delivery, they are too engrossed in counting fingers and toes and deciding who the baby looks like!