Birthing Ball Exercise for Promotion of Normal Birth Among GNM Nursing Students

Abstract

Birthing ball is originally evolved in 1963 and its miles used as a physical remedy for the neurodevelopment remedy. It became delivered as a childbirth tool in 1980 through Perez and Simkin, Perez in 2001 said that the birthing ball turned into physically beneficial use in the course of pregnancy and labor by means of generating most advantageous positioning and pain discount at some stage in contraction whilst eliciting non-recurring motion. The size of population included this study was 80 GNM Nursing Final year students which were selected according to inclusive and exclusive criteria. The mean difference of 9.03 points in knowledge scoring between pre-test (7.65±1.21) and post-test (16.68±1.41) was statistically strongly significant (p<0.001). This is clearly reflected that the planned teaching programme regarding birthing ball exercise for promotion of normal birth of GNM Nursing final year students found to be effective in improving knowledge about birthing ball exercise for promotion of normal birth.

The effect of using birth ball and squatting position during labor on pain, duration, and satisfaction: A randomized controlled trial

“…Due to this resulting pressure, the transverse diameter of the pelvis increases by 30% (Zwelling, 2010). The birth ball accelerates the childbirth process by ensuring the infant's rotation (Singh & Choudhary, 2020).…”