Comfort measures for labour A - Z
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A – Z Comfort Measures
A - agile, affirmations, aroma
B - birthing ball, back rub, baby dance, breathing
C - cold pack, candles, counter pressure
D - drink frequently, doula, dance
E - encouragement, eating, efflurage
F - fan, flowers, food
G - goal – cope with 1 contraction at a time, grunt
H - heat packs, hugs, humour
I - ice, imagery, intuitive
J - jokes – keep your sense of humour, jiggle, jump
K - kindness, kisses, kegel
L - loose fitting shirt, love, lemon scent
M - music, massage, movement
N - nutrition, nurse support, nurtures
O - oil for massage, open-mindedness, open glottis
P - pillows, praise, position change, pressure
Q - queries, quiet, treat like a queen
R - relaxation, rest reassurance,
S - support – emotional and physical, smells, stretch
T - tens, touch, tension release, talk
U - unbelievable concentration, urinate, upright
V - visualisation, vocalise, view
W - water, walk
X - Xclude interventions, Xcellent, Xcited
Y - yahoo – another contraction gone, yell, yellow ball
Z - zoom-in – your baby is nearly here, zzz
A – Z Teaching Techniques
A - agree/disagree, audiovisuals, affirmations
B - brainstorming, buzz groups, bag-it
C - competition, cartoons, crosswords, case studies
D - demonstration, debate, displays, drama, discussion
E - evaluation, exaggerated appearance (costumes)
F - fun, feedback, food, film review, fish bowl
G - ground rules, graffiti poster, group work, games
H - handouts, homework
I - ice breakers, introduction, interviewing
J - journaling, jeopardy
K - kinesthetic activities
L - lecture, leading question
M - models, music, movement, mnemonics, matching
N - needs assessment, note taking, name tags
O - open discussion, observations, open-ended question
P - panel, pictures, problem-solving, poetry, prizes
Q - questions in a hat, questionnaire, quotes, Q&A
R - role play, return dem, rehearsal, reading, research
S - songs, suggestion box, story telling, skits, simulation
T - teachable moments, team teaching, talking together
U - understatement
V - videos, visualisation, visuals
W - word search, warm-up
X - eXercise
Y - yes/no/maybe
Z - zeal
