Curriculum Topic: Group Activity, Educator Demonstration, Student Demonstration
Activity Type: Healthy Birth Practice 4, Labor Support, Healthy Birth Practice 2, Medical Interventions
Supplies: Create pretend hospital equipment from household items to role-play “induction.” Use an air-pillow bag (as used in packaging) or a small inflated balloon to represent a bag of IV fluids, yarn for tubing, and ace bandages to represent external monitor belts and/or a blood pressure cuff.
Instructions:
Have one of the participants sit in a chair, playing the role of a laboring woman undergoing labor induction. Attach to the volunteer the various items that represent interventions often required with induction.
Talking Points:
Have class members brainstorm comfort measures for the laboring person who may be connected to many pieces of hospital equipment.
Modifications:
You can also make signs of each intervention, attach the sign to a long piece of yarn, and have separate volunteers come up to hold each sign with the yarn being held by the birthing person in the scenario. Discuss each intervention as it is added.
Reference: Adapted from the Lamaze Toolkit
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