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What are the 5 facets of support? - ANSWER 1. Emotional Support
2. Physical Support
3. Informational Support
4. Partner Reinforcement
5. Self Advocacy
According to the Standards of Practice, any position change of the mother during
labor should be approved by... - ANSWER the attending physician or midwife.
Explaining a medical procedure that is routinely performed during birth in a
hospital is.. - ANSWER informational support
_________ is a simple skill that is almost never used by people who are not paid
to do it. Professional therapists, psychologists and clergy are trained to listen in
this way, and that is why they are sought out by people to unburden themselves. -
ANSWER Active listening
Why is active listening so hard? - ANSWER Your brain works four times the rate
that someone can speak, so it is only natural that when we are having a
conversation we are thinking ahead about what we want to say rather than
actually listening.
The act of listening should be tiring; - ANSWER it requires energy to do it right.
, The Four Steps of Active Listening: - ANSWER 1. Focus on the person
2. Use Receptive Language
3. Listen for Key Words
4. Rephrase
In the Houston study, more than ________ of the women without a Doula
requested or required epidural anesthesia - compared with only _______ percent
in the Doula group. - ANSWER Half; 8%
Studies document forceps deliveries are ________ percent less for Doula-
supported births, a difference largely due to the more frequent use of epidural
anesthesia in the no-doula groups. - ANSWER 40%
In one Guatemalan study, only _______ percent of women who had a Doula
required ________. - ANSWER 2% ; oxytocin
_____________ connect their clients with resources in the community that might
be able to meet the specific needs of the mother after the baby is born. The Doula
can provide a valuable service by linking her clients with agencies that can help
her and her family. - ANSWER Service brokers
How many types of birth are there? - ANSWER 4
As a doula it's your job to help your client learn how to prepare her pregnant body
to give birth. You have to teach her the ____________of birth, which is essentially
that her body is a container that must let out a large object. - ANSWER
practical physics
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