Doula- Ways of progress

Assignment CB 2-2: Six Ways to Progress

Required Reading

Reading from online:

· Signs of Progress handout  ( https://course.trainingdoulas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SignsOfProgression.pdf )

· Station During Childbirth (http://thebeginningofmotherhood.blogspot.com/search?q=station)

· Cervical Ripening  (http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/263311-overview). Read first four sections through “Roles of Various Hormones…”

· Effacement  (https://americanpregnancy.org/labor-and-birth/effacement/)

· Asynclitism

· Anterior Cervical Lip

Reading from purchased books:

Read the following two sections from  Homebirth in the Hospital:

· “Rainbow Wipeouts – Laura Clare and Lily,” pp.125-36

· “Intuitive, Introspective, Inspirational – Lennie and Zan Cayli and Eyan,” pp. 145-58

Assignment to Turn in

Describe and label the plateaus and hills in the two stories from your  Homebirth in the Hospital readings. How did the women react to them?