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Birthing balls: Using exercise balls for labour and after your baby is born

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Department of Anesthesiology. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre , 2020.
URL
http://www.cw.bc.ca/library/pdf/pamphlets/BCW721_BirthingBalls.pdf
Material Type
Online
Handout
Call Number
BCW721
Pamphlet describing how to use a birthing ball safely during pregnancy. It also provides information on how to use the birthing ball after the baby is born - for both you and your baby, and how to keep the ball in good repair.
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URL
http://www.cw.bc.ca/library/pdf/pamphlets/BCW721_BirthingBalls.pdf
Corporate Author
Department of Anesthesiology
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre
Publication Date
2020
Physical Description
PDF file
Subject
Prenatal Care-Fitness
Exercise Warm-Up. Stretching
Postnatal Care
Abstract
Pamphlet describing how to use a birthing ball safely during pregnancy. It also provides information on how to use the birthing ball after the baby is born - for both you and your baby, and how to keep the ball in good repair.
Language
English
Material Type
Online
Handout
Call Number
BCW721
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Spinal headache and epidural blood patch

https://bcch.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123070
Department of Anesthesiology. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre , 2021.
URL
http://www.cw.bc.ca/library/pdf/pamphlets/BCW_EpiduralBloodPatch.pdf
Material Type
Handout
Online
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 expla…
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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
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