I think every woman who plans to use an epidural would especially benefit from this information. Knowing how to utilize the bed will help your labor to progress faster, especially with an epidural, and will give you options to find comfortable positions during labor. The best thing you can do to keep labor moving and stay comfortable is change positions often. The labor cards in the link below tell you just how to do that.
A great way to prepare for a hospital birth is to learn how to use the hospital birthing bed ahead of time.
You can use Hill-Rom's E-learning course for the Affinity 4 birthing beds to learn how the beds work. Find the course here. Not all hospitals will have this particular model of birthing bed, but this should give you an idea of how the other beds work as well.
Hill-Rom also has labor cards with suggestions on how to use the Affinity 4 Birthing Bed during labor. They are great for labors with or without epidural use. View the labor cards below or find them here. These suggestions should work with any brand of hospital bed. I find them to be very useful.
A great way to prepare for a hospital birth is to learn how to use the hospital birthing bed ahead of time.
You can use Hill-Rom's E-learning course for the Affinity 4 birthing beds to learn how the beds work. Find the course here. Not all hospitals will have this particular model of birthing bed, but this should give you an idea of how the other beds work as well.
Hill-Rom also has labor cards with suggestions on how to use the Affinity 4 Birthing Bed during labor. They are great for labors with or without epidural use. View the labor cards below or find them here. These suggestions should work with any brand of hospital bed. I find them to be very useful.