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Immediate postpartum monitoring

Immediate postpartum monitoring checks a mother's bleeding, uterine firmness, vital signs, pain, placenta, and birth-related injuries after delivery.

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Why first hour is important for baby and mother

Why first hour is important for baby and mother

A major physiological transition for the newborn Birth requires a newborn to move rapidly from placental support to independent breathing and circulation. With the first effective breaths, the lungs expand, fetal lung fluid begins to clear, and pulmonary blood flow increases. Circulatory pathways used before birth start to change as the baby adapts to receiving […]