Common Postpartum Complications:

Pain Management, Urinary Retention, Hematoma and Endometritis

Speaker: Valerie Huwe RNC-OB, MS, CNS

Perinatal Outreach Educator

• Examine current methods of pain control for women after childbirth
• Discuss evidence based strategies for postpartum urinary retention that promote optimal outcomes
• Review physiology and management for patients with hematoma and/or endometritis

Diabetes in Labor and the Immediate Postpartum Period

Speaker: Molly Killion RN, MS, CNS

Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Birth Center at UCSF Hospital for Women and Children

Upon completion of this program the participant will be able to:

• Differentiate between different types of diabetes and their respective risk factors
• Summarize the effects of pregnancy and labor on insulin requirements.
• Discuss intrapartum management for the pregnant woman with pre-gestational and gestational diabetes.
• Identify strategies for the management of women with diabetes in the immediate post-partum period.