http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2010/03/safety-ease-lead-to-c-section-surge/ Melissa Maimann is a private midwife in Sydney. She births with women at home and in hospital. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:03:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2010/03/safety-ease-lead-to-c-section-surge/comment-page-1/#comment-1865 Melissa Maimann Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:17:45 +0000 http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/?p=1471#comment-1865 Generally women are encouraged to ambulate as soon as possible. I've known some women to be up and about in 6 hours, others around 12 hours. In some hospitals the women are not encouraged to get out of bed until closer to 24 hours. I think a lot of it depends on the pain relief that is used - if the women have an epidural infusion, often their legs are weak until aftert the infusion is ceased (at around 12-24 hours). Women who have a spinal seem to be up and about earlier. The research suggests that the sooner a woman is out of bed, even sitting in a chair, the better it is in terms of blood clots, pneumonia and so on. Generally women are encouraged to ambulate as soon as possible. I’ve known some women to be up and about in 6 hours, others around 12 hours. In some hospitals the women are not encouraged to get out of bed until closer to 24 hours. I think a lot of it depends on the pain relief that is used – if the women have an epidural infusion, often their legs are weak until aftert the infusion is ceased (at around 12-24 hours). Women who have a spinal seem to be up and about earlier. The research suggests that the sooner a woman is out of bed, even sitting in a chair, the better it is in terms of blood clots, pneumonia and so on.

]]> http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2010/03/safety-ease-lead-to-c-section-surge/comment-page-1/#comment-1864 Marge Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:30:57 +0000 http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/?p=1471#comment-1864 So what is the standard of care post cesarean per ambulation? How soon are women in Australia supposed to be up and moving post-op? How long would a mother have to languish in bed before it is considered to be dangerous? So what is the standard of care post cesarean per ambulation? How soon are women in Australia supposed to be up and moving post-op? How long would a mother have to languish in bed before it is considered to be dangerous?

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