Birthing Ball (Peanut Ball) Positions

Launched by GONCA KARATAŞ BARAN · Jan 27, 2021

Keywords

ClinConnect Summary

The group of healthy pregnant women who meet the inclusion criteria will be determined by randomization according to the order of application to the delivery room in the latent phase. Positions will be changed every 30 minutes using the peanut ball tool in a group (intervention group) in active phase and transition phase. These positions are; side-lying position, compressed side-lying position, semi-sitting position, forward leaning position, upright sitting position and pushing position. All positions will be given to the pregnant woman by the researcher and she will be with the pregnant w...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Primiparous at 37-42 weeks of gestation,
• • between the ages of 18-40,
• • Not diagnosed with risky pregnancy (Intrauterine Growth Retardation, Fetal Anomaly, Polyhydramnios or Oligohydraamnios, Thromboembolic Diseases, Presentation Anomalies, Premature Membrane Rupture, Multiple Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Disease, Preeclampsia / Eclampsia etc.)
• • Without systemic disease (Hypertension, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Asthma, Thyroid, Epilepsy, etc.)
• • Single pregnancy,
• • Vaginal delivery planned with cephalic admission,
• • in the latent phase of labor,
• • Epidural anesthesia / analgesia was not applied,
• • Volunteering to participate in research,
• • Pregnant women who do not have any communication disorder will be taken.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Failure to meet the inclusion criteria is the exclusion criteria.
• • Exclusion (Withdrawal) from the Study Criteria
• • Having adaptation problems in applying the positions to be given,
• • Maternal (vital signs deviation from normal, hyperstimulation, abnormal bleeding, etc.) and fetal complications (such as fetal distress, cord entanglement, cord prolapse) during delivery,
• • Caesarean section, which could not complete the normal birth process,
• • Pregnant women who give up working at any stage of the study will be excluded from the study.