st confinement--Duration of subsequent
confinements--Conduct of patient during second stage of labor--What a labor
pain means--How a willful woman can prolong labor--Management of actual
birth of child--Position of woman during birth of child--Duty of nurse
immediately following birth of child--Expulsion of after-birth--How to
expel after-birth--Cutting the cord--Washing the baby's eyes immediately
after birth--What to do with baby immediately after birth--Conduct
immediately after labor--After pains--Rest and quiet after labor--Position
of patient after labor--The Lochia--The events of the following day--The
first breakfast after confinement--The importance of emptying the bladder
after labor--How to effect a movement of the bowels after
labor--Instructing the nurse in details--Douching after labor--How to give
a douche--"Colostrum," its uses--Advantages of putting baby to breast early
after labor--The first lunch--The first dinner--Diet after third day ...
PAGE 93

CHAPTER IX

CONFINEMENT INCIDENTS

Regarding the dread and fear of childbirth--The woman who dreads
childbirth--Regarding the use of anesthetics in confinements--The presence
of friends and relatives in the confinement chamber--How long should a
woman stay in bed after confinement--Why do physicians permit women to get
out of bed before the womb is back in its proper place?--Lacerations, their
meaning, and their significance--The advantage of an examination six weeks
after the confinement--The physician who does not tell all of the truth ...
PAGE 111

CHAPTER X

NURSING MOTHERS

The diet of nursing mothers--Care of the nipples--Cracked nipples--Tender
nipples--Mastitis in nursing mothers--Inflammation of the breasts--When
should a child be weaned?--Method of weaning--Nursing while
menstruating--Care of breasts while weaning child--Nervous nursing
mothers--Birthmarks--Qualifications of a nursery maid ... PAGE 121

CHAPTER XI

CONVALESCING AFTER CONFINEMENT

The second critical period in the young wife's life--The domestic problem
following the first confinement ... PAGE 131

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INTRODUCTION

Despite the fact that much has been written during the past two or three
years with reference to Eugenics, it is quite evident to any one interested
in the subject that the average intelligent individual knows very little
about it so far a