Their bodies push naturally, and when they are encouraged and supported, women will usually find the way to push that feels right and gets the baby out. They yell at mothers, ‘Push! Push!’ but mothers do not usually need much help to push. Some healthcare providers get very excited during the pushing stage. When the cervix is fully dilated, the mother’s body will push the baby out. A healthy outcome for the mother and her baby depends upon your competence in providing quality care and the successful partnership between you and the mother.įigure 5.6 Gently encourage the mother to push when she feels the urge. The mother and her support person require stamina, courage and confidence from the birth attendant. Second stage begins when the cervix is completely dilated and ends when the baby is delivered.ĭuring the second stage, the mother’s passive control during the long hours of the first stage of labour is replaced by intense physical effort and exertion for a comparatively short period. The second stage is the part of labour when the mother pushes the baby out of the uterus and down the vagina, and the baby is born. In this session, you will learn how to assist the woman in the second stage of a normal labour and how to deliver the baby. You also learned about care of the woman in labour. In the previous study sessions of this Module, you were introduced to the definition, signs, symptoms and stages of labour and the use of the partograph. Conducting a Normal Delivery Study Session 5 Conducting a Normal Delivery Introduction
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