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Table of Contents

Introductory Material
- Copyright information
- Credits
- Thanks
- Thanks - Digital Edition
- How to use this book
- How to use the HealthWiki
Midwives and community health: Introduction
Chapter 1: Word to midwives
- Learning is lifelong
- Share what you know
- Respectful and compassionate care
- Work to improve women’s health
- Work for the joy of it
Chapter 2: Treating health problems
- Finding the causes of health problems
- Finding the best treatment
- Finding root causes of health problems
- Midwives can make change
Chapter 3: A woman's body in pregnancy
- A woman's sexual and reproductive parts
- How women become pregnant
Chapter 4: Helping women stay healthy
- Eating well
- Caring for the body for good health
- Things to avoid during pregnancy and breastfeeding
Chapter 5: Preventing infection
- Preventing infection saves lives
- Prevent infection by keeping germs away
- Clean your hands and wear protective clothing
- Clean the space and bedding
- Clean and disinfect or sterilize tools
- Get rid of wastes safely
Pregnancy: Introduction
Chapter 6: Common changes in Pregnancy
- Changes in eating and sleeping
- Body changes and discomforts
- Changing feelings and emotions
Chapter 7: Learning a pregnant woman's health history
- Questions in a pregnancy health history
Chapter 8: Prenatal Checkups
- Talk with the mother
- Check the mother’s body
- Check the baby
- After the checkup
Labor and birth: Introduction
Chapter 9: Getting ready for labor and birth
- Signs that labor will start soon
- When to go to the birth
- What to bring to a birth
- Sterilize your tools and wash up
Chapter 10: Giving good care during labor and birth
- What happens during labor and birth
- Care for the mother during labor
- Be ready for emergencies
- Keep a record of what happens during labor
Chapter 11: Opening: stage 1 of labor
- What happens during stage 1 of labor
- When you first arrive
- Helping the mother relax in stage 1
- Signs for the midwife to check in stage 1
Chapter 12: Pushing: stage 2 of labor
- Watch for signs that stage 2 is near or starting
- What happens during stage 2 of labor
- Help the mother have a safe birth
- Watch for warning signs
- Help the mother give birth
- Baby is breech
- Delivering twins
- Baby is very small or more than 5 weeks early
Chapter 13: The birth of the placenta: stage 3 of labor
- Check the mother’s physical signs
- What to do for the baby
Chapter 14: The first few hours after the birth
- What to do for the mother
- What to do for the baby
- Clean up and answer the family’s questions
Chapter 15: The first weeks after the birth
- What to do for the mother
- What to do for the baby
Chapter 16: Breastfeeding
- Breast is best
- How to breastfeed
- When the mother works outside the home
- Common difficulties while breastfeeding
- Situations that affect breastfeeding
- Alternatives to breastfeeding
Health skills: Introduction
Chapter 17: Family Planning
- Choosing a family planning method
- Making family planning work for the community
Chapter 18: Sexually transmitted infections
- What are sexually transmitted infections?
- Abnormal discharge from the vagina
- Sores and growths on the genitals (genital ulcers)
- STIs that affect the whole body
- Teaching women how to prevent STIs
- How to help stop STIs in your community
Chapter 19: Advanced skills for pregnancy and birth
- Vaginal exams during labor
- Home methods for starting labor
- Injections
- How to give fluid through a vein
- Catheters
- Episiotomy
- Sewing a tear or an episiotomy
- Caring for a woman after female genital cutting (circumcision)
- Turning a breech or sideways baby
Chapter 20: The Pelvic Exam: how to examine a woman's vagina and womb
- When to do a pelvic exam
- Before the exam
- The pelvic exam
- The visual exam
- The speculum exam
- Cancer of the cervix
- The bimanual exam (2-hand exam)
Chapter 21: How to insert an IUD
- Help a woman decide if an IUD is right for her
- Before you insert an IUD
- Inserting an IUD
- After you insert an IUD
- Removing an IUD
Chapter 22: Helping a woman after a pregnancy ends early
- Problems from a pregnancy that ends early
- Emergency care for problems after miscarriage or abortion
- Work with the community to prevent unsafe abortions
Chapter 23: Manual vacuum aspiration (MVA)
- Deciding when to do MVA
- Getting ready for the MVA
- Doing the MVA
- Problems with the MVA
- After the MVA
Chapter 24: Getting medical help
- What medical centers and hospitals can provide
- Getting to a medical center
- Working with medical centers and doctors
Chapter 25: Homemade tools and teaching materials
- Low-cost equipment
- Teaching materials
Medicines Pages
- When to use medicines
- How to take medicines safely
- How to give medicines
- Kinds of medicine
- Problem index
- Alphabetical list of medicines
- Oral contraceptives
- Medicines for HIV and AIDS
Technical and Medical Words
Weight and Volume Conversions
Due date calculator

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