URL

http://www.cw.bc.ca/library/pdf/pamphlets/BCW_EpiduralBloodPatch.pdf

Corporate Author

Department of Anesthesiology

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

PDF file: 2 p.

Subject

Pain Control

Drug Delivery Systems

Childbirth

Drug Side Effects

Abstract

Many people experience a headache after birth. A spinal headache is a special type of headache that people can have after an epidural or spinal anesthetic. It is caused by a hole in the spinal fluid sac, where the epidural went in.

This handout describes symptoms of spinal headaches. It also explains how an epidural blood patch procedure can help. A blood patch uses your own blood to patch a hole in your spinal fluid sac.

Language

English

Material Type

Handout

Online

Author

Spillett-Sumner, Tasha

Goade, Michaela (ill.)

Place of Publication

Toronto, ON

Publisher

Owl Kids Books

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

Hardcover; 32 pages

Subject

Pregnancy

Indigenous Health

Prenatal Care

Family

Abstract

Drawing from Indigenous creation stories and traditional teachings and illustrated in dazzling watercolors, I Sang You Down from the Stars is a tribute to the bond between mother and child.

The narrator gathers gifts for a medicine bundle in anticipation of her baby's birth; a fluffy white eagle plume, bunches of cedar and sage, a quilted star blanket, and a small stone from the river. When the baby arrives, the mother shares the bundle with her child and reveals the importance of each item inside. But when her family comes to meet the new arrival, she realizes the baby arrived with gifts of its own and that the baby is also a sacred bundle: a baby bundle.

ISBN

9781771474085

Language

English

Material Type

Book

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