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Index de Enfermería
On-line version ISSN 1699-5988Print version ISSN 1132-1296
Abstract
BARBOSA DA SILVA, Flora Maria; JUNQUEIRA VASCONCELLOS DE OLIVEIRA, Sonia Maria; MOTA E SILVA, Lia and FERNANDEZ TUESTA, Esteban. Practices to stimulate normal childbirth. Index Enferm [online]. 2011, vol.20, n.3, pp.169-173. ISSN 1699-5988. https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1132-12962011000200007.
This article leads to a reflection about the practices of encouraging normal childbirth, with the theoretical foundation for each one of them. The practices included in this study were fasting, enema, shower and immersion baths, walking, pelvic movements and massage. In a context of revaluation of normal birth, providing evidence-based comfort options for women during childbirth can be a way to preserve the physiological course of labour.
Keywords : Natural childbirth; Obstetrical nursing; Evidence-based care; Midwife.