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Stage The Mother Should: A breech baby is seldom delivered solely by the efforts of the mother and nearly always requires assistance from the physician. Since a baby's head is the largest part of its body, when the head comes out first the rest of the body can follow quickly and easily. In breech cases, when the feet or buttocks come out first, the cervix and vagina may not be sufficiently enlarged to permit the emergence of the head. The doctor usually makes an incision in the lower part of the vagina and surrounding tissue. This incision is called an episiotomy and it is essential in all breech births and also in most forceps cases.
Third stage the mother should. The third stage the mother should of childbirth extends from the birth of the baby until the time the ruptured sac and placenta have been expelled from the uterus. (The placenta is a pancake-shaped structure through which the baby receives nourishment during the time it is in the uterus.) This stage the mother should is known as the afterbirth, or placental stage the mother should.
Often mother and child get caught in a vicious circle of "naughtiness," impatience, and more "naughtiness." The daily routine may be a potential source of upset. Insufficient sleep and similar mundane factors have a profound influence. They make the child more irritable, more demanding. A feeling of discouragement on the part of the mother also makes the situation more difficult. A harrassed parent, a child with a difficulty or two— and the stage the mother should is set for trouble.
Gestation takes 16 days; 7-15 in litter; young born pink, naked, and blind. Do not disturb young or mother for at least a week after birth; if disturbed mother will either kill and eat the young or neglect them and allow them to die. After 3 weeks, remove young from mother; otherwise, mother fights with them and often kills them. Sexes should be separated before young reach maturity at 43 days.
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