DO NOT cut and tie the cord until baby AND afterbirthhave been delivered.
This will help the uterus to tighten, help the afterbirth come out, and reduce bleeding.
If the afterbirth has not yet been expelled, cover the end of the umbilical cord attached to it (and now protruding from the vagina) with a sterile dressing and tie it in place.
Someone should stand by the mother and occasionally massage her abdomen gently for about an hour after the afterbirth is expelled.
If there is a lot of bleeding before the afterbirth is expelled, the attendant should gently massage the mother's abdomen, just above the navel.
The alan [365] once found the afterbirth outside the town and made it a real baby whose name was Sayen.
Betel-nuts are sent to summon their father and mother, who are surprised to learn of their afterbirth son.
They sleep in the balaua and are discovered by the owner of the place, who turns out to be an afterbirth brother of the woman.
We are thrice told that the corpse was placed on a little raft called tabalang and set adrift on the river; and in one case the afterbirth was treated in the same manner.
An alan takes the afterbirth and causes it to become a real child named Sayen.
Afterbirth child marries a servant, thinking he has married her mistress.
It is generally considered, by those who have bestowed attention on the subject, that assistance should always be rendered, if the afterbirth does not come very soon.
When the afterbirth is brought away, a bandage should be passed round the body of the female, made of soft linen, twelve or fourteen inches wide.
When the afterbirth is removed the patient should be left to repose herself for about a quarter of an hour, during which time most of the blood escapes, and then she must be made as comfortable as possible.
Some accoucheurs put on the wrapper immediately the child is born, before the afterbirth passes away; but I think this is not the best plan.
If at a later time she wishes to become pregnant, she will turn the earth where the upside-down afterbirth was buried.
The method of transferring the influence of the afterbirth from the real mother to the victim was not explained, and in fact the practice was revealed with a good deal of reluctance.
When the afterbirthis expelled it is wrapped in a piece of deer hide or cloth and buried.
The mother buries the afterbirth at the root of a plantain tree, which then becomes sacred until the fruit has ripened, when it is plucked to furnish a sacred feast for the family.
Hence the grandmother takes the afterbirth away and buries it in the sand.
In Mecklenburg the afterbirth is thrown out at the foot of a young tree, and the child is then believed to grow with the tree.
Hence it is hardly rash to conjecture that the resemblance is no mere chance coincidence, but that in the afterbirth or placenta we have a physical basis (not necessarily the only one) for the theory and practice of the external soul.
It has no further use for cord, as life does not depend upon blood from the afterbirth any longer.
Look out for your scissors; pass the child over to the nurse to be washed and dressed, while you deliver the afterbirth from pelvis or womb.
Labor pains are not as severe as in normal calving, owing to the absence of hair on the foetus and being smaller; although the afterbirth (foetal membranes), may be retained the same as in normal calving.
This appears to have a very good effect on separating the afterbirth from the mushroom-like bodies of the womb to which it is attached.
To remove the afterbirth insert the hand and carefully detach it from its attachments, being very careful that the cotyledons are not torn off.
When the foetus is removed, and the afterbirth does not come away within twelve or eighteen hours, remove it.
If the womb contracts naturally and the afterbirth expelled, the cavity of the womb is nearly closed and the neck of the womb becomes so narrow that the hand cannot be inserted.
The afterbirth drops through the floor and is eaten by dogs or pigs.
The umbilical cord is cut with a knife or a sharp piece of ironwood, and the afterbirth is buried.
The umbilical cord is cut with a sharp bamboo and the afterbirth is not taken care of, dogs generally being permitted to eat it.
If the teeth come quickly, people say that the afterbirth has not been buried deeply enough.
The reason for this is said to be that, unless the afterbirth was buried, dogs or other animals might carry it off, and ever after the child would be of a wandering disposition.
All the pots are placed near the spot where the afterbirth was buried.
The precious object is called the "Twin" of the king, as if it were his double; and the ghost of the royal afterbirth is believed to be attached to it.
For in the belief of the Baganda every person has a double, namely, the afterbirth or placenta, which is born immediately after him and is regarded by the people as a second child.
Ghost of afterbirth thought to adhere to navel-string, ii.
Afterbirth or placenta regarded as a person's double or twin, ii.
Double, the afterbirth or placenta, regarded as a person's double, ii.
The graves of the deceased monarchs form indeed the national or tribal temples; and as each king is interred at the village where he was born and where his afterbirth is buried, these grave-shrines are scattered over the country.
As to the belief that the afterbirth is a twin brother or sister of the infant, see above, vol.
Two of them were inoculated by intravaginal application of pure cultures, and two by intravaginal application of pieces of afterbirth from aborting cows.
If the afterbirth has not come away at once there is no need to become alarmed.
Whether the afterbirth comes away immediately after the birth of the child, or is delayed, it must not interfere with putting the mother in a warm, dry, comfortable condition.
Sometimes it is due to a portion of the afterbirth that was retained in the cavity of the womb.
Among the Swahili of East Africa, when a child is born, the afterbirth and navel-string are buried in the courtyard and a mark is made on the spot.
In Southern Celebes, when a child is born, a coco-nut is planted and watered with the water in which the afterbirth and navel-string have been washed.
The conception of the afterbirth and navel-string as spiritual doubles of the child with whom they are born is held very firmly by the Kooboos, a primitive tribe of Sumatra.
Banana-tree, afterbirth of child buried under a, ii.
With certain Malayo-Siamese families of the Patani States it is customary to bury the afterbirth under a banana-tree, and the condition of the tree is afterwards regarded as ominous of the child's fate for good or evil.
Among the Baganda of Central Africa a child's afterbirth was called the second child and was believed to be animated by a spirit, which at once became a ghost.
The navel-string and afterbirth are often regarded by the Kooboos as one; their names are always mentioned together.
Guardian angels, afterbirth and navel-string regarded as a man's, ii.
In Kiziba, a district to the west of Lake Victoria Nyanza, the afterbirth is similarly regarded as a sort of human being.
The umbilical cord is immediately cut with a sliver[18] of bamboo, and the mother is made to sit up at once in order to prevent a reflux of the afterbirth into the womb.
Parturition is effected almost invariably without any difficulty, the umbilical cord is cut usually with a bamboo sliver, the mother sits up to prevent a reflux of the afterbirth into the womb, the child is washed, and the operation is over.
The Pillager Ojibwe used a tea of boiled twigs for women to drink to clear upafterbirth and enable it to pass easily.
It is to purge the afterbirth and heal them internally.
If it appears upon examination that the afterbirth comes first, let the woman be delivered as quickly as possible, because a great flow of blood will follow, for the veins are opened, and on this account two things have to be considered.
First:--The manner in which the afterbirth advances, whether it be much or little.
When the afterbirth has been removed, the child must be sought for and drawn out, as directed above; and if the woman or the child die in such a case, the midwife or the surgeon are blameless because they have used their best endeavours.
In this case the afterbirth must be removed by a quick turn.
Guardian angels, afterbirth and navel-string regarded as a man's, xi.
Watubela Islands, treatment of the afterbirthin the, i.
Afterbirth (placenta), portion of a man's spirit supposed to reside in his, i.
Parigi, in Central Celebes, treatment of the afterbirth in, i.
There are cases in which, through the ignorance of the midwife or the physician, prolapsed pelvic organs are mistaken for afterbirthand extracted.
The midwife in attendance, finding the afterbirth did not come away, pulled at the funis, which broke at its attachment.
The afterbirth is not firmly attached to the womb, but is like the peel of an orange which Nature sloughs off in due time.
In natural labor, the expulsion of the afterbirth occurs from within a few minutes to an hour after the delivery of the child.
I have had the doctor’s arm in my body, and felt his fingers tearing the afterbirth from my side.
At my confinements the greatest trouble was the flooding after the baby was born, and the afterbirth grown to my side.
They sleep in the balaua and are discovered by the owner of the place, who turns out to be an afterbirth brother of the woman.
An alan takes the afterbirth and causes it to become a real child named Sayen.
We are thrice told that the corpse was placed on a little raft called tabalang and set adrift on the river; and in one case the afterbirth was treated in the same manner.
It is quite evident that neglected cases with putrid membranes are poor subjects for this method, as the afterbirth is liable to tear across, leaving a mass in the womb.
It frequently happens that the afterbirth is only loosely adherent to the womb and its removal is effected if but a slight amount of traction on it is exerted.
In these cases, however, retainedafterbirth is a common occurrence, even to the extent that frequent retention of afterbirth in a herd may be taken as an indication of the presence of the disease.
As additional precautions, no cow with a retained afterbirth or unhealthy discharge from the womb should be left with the other cows.
So with retained afterbirth in other cows after calving.
The symptoms of retention of the afterbirth are usually only too evident, as the membranes hang from the vulva and rot away gradually, causing the most offensive odor throughout the building.
This process of separating the cotyledons must be carefully conducted, one after another, until the last has been detached and the afterbirth comes freely out of the passages.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "afterbirth" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: afterglow; aftermath; aftertaste
