There are many reasons you should prepare for an emergency situation. However, it is particularly important for pregnant women to consider the possibility of delivering during this time.
It is not uncommon for women to give birth in places other than hospitals, particularly in emergency or disaster situations. As a result, it is very important for women who are pregnant to prepare for these situations by storing extra food, water, and medical supplies.
There are several other things that you can do now that will significantly improve your situation should something happen. The first thing you will want to make sure you do is find out who lives near you that is a nurse, doctor, midwife, doulas, or other childbirth educator.
These people need to live near you in terms of walking distance rather than driving as your car may not work in a disaster situation. Once you have identified these people, you will want to become good friends with them.
Become familiar with where they live and obtain their phone numbers. These people will be in high demand should an emergency occur.
However, they may pay special attention to you if you are their friend. This one friendship could save your life or the life of your baby.
It is important to have thought about who you would like to help you if trained medical personnel cannot attend to you. You may want to consider talking to them about doing this for you if the circumstances require it.
This way they will be able to prepare themselves to assist you fully. The second thing you will want to do is learn and practice labor-coping techniques.
Without the assistance of trained medical personnel, you will not have access to an epidural. As a result, breathing techniques and a basic knowledge of what will happen will be even more important.
Practicing these things will be particularly important if you have never given birth before as you do not fully know what to expect. These things are good to know even if you can get to hospital as sometimes things happen too quickly for anesthesia or an epidural.
The extra stress of the disaster situation can add to your labor discomfort. However, practicing staying calm and breathing will help your feel more at ease.
The third thing you should do to prepare is invest in a baby carrier. You should keep this in a place that is easy to get to so that you can grab it at a moment's notice.
In some situations, you may be forced to run in the face of danger. If this is the case, you will want a way in which to carry your baby that will not exhaust you and which will allow you to move as quickly as possible.
Babies get quite heavy very quickly. This is particularly the case if you are forced to run with your child for a long distance.
Besides, you will probably need to take other supplies with you which you will need your arms and hands for. Even if you never need it to run away in a certain instance, you will use this baby carrier numerous other times.
The third thing you should make sure you do is prepare to fully feed your baby when food is scarce. If you are breastfeeding, you will want to make sure that you have enough nutrient laden food in your storage.
If you plan to bottle-feed, then you should make sure you store extra formula and that you include formula and bottles in an emergency kit. Water is also very important.
The general rule for how much water you should store is one gallon per person per day. However, if you are breast feeding you will need more than this for yourself.
If you are bottle feeding, you will need enough to make your baby's bottles every day. It is best to overestimate on water rather than to underestimate.
Clean water can be quite scarce during an emergency situation and you do not want to run out. It is well known that a human can only survive about three days without water.
However, the demands on a new mother are quite high and you will need water before the three days is over. You do not want to take any unnecessary risks with your baby's health.
It is important to minimize risks to yourself as well as you are a critical provider for your child. Preparedness for an emergency situation is critical for your personal health and the health of your child and you should consider a variety of situations so that you can minimize the risks associated with it.
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