9.17.2008

Birth animation

There is a great birth animation that is just soooo cool!

Here is the link.

Some things that it shows:
  • A great many things that your care provider checks for during vaginal exams:
  • decent (how far baby is in the pelvis, measured in -3 through +3)
  • dilation (how open the cervix is, measured in centimeters)
  • The cardinal movements of baby
What I didn't like that it shows:
  • A momma laboring in the lithotomy position
  • It doesn't adequately represent effacement (thinning of the cervix)
But, you have to admit, it is pretty cool.

3 comments:

DoulaMomma said...

so cool - found this a while back & find it pretty amazing (in spite of its issues!)

Anonymous said...

i'm 2 days overdue and now concerned about just how big that baby looked! ;)

Lil said...

yep, very cool!

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