Failing to listen to the woman is one of the biggest mistakes a practitioner can make.
Helen VarneyTags: medicine labor birth doctor midwife delivery
It is important to keep in mind that our bodies must work pretty well, or their wouldn't be so many humans on the planet.
Ina May GaskinTags: health labor birth normal
It would be a mistake, though, to consider care by family doctors or midwives inferior to that offered by obstetricians simply on the grounds that obstetricians need not refer care to a family physician or midwife if no complications develop during a course of labor.
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Childbirth is normal until proven otherwise.
Peggy VincentTags: wisdom health labor birth doctor normal
The world begins anew with every birth, my father used to say. He forgot to say, with every death it ends. Or did not think he needed to. Because for a goodly part of his life he worked in a graveyard.
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Man begets, but land does not beget.
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Men must endure
Their going hence, even as their coming hither.
Ripeness is all.
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Yes, contractions can be intense,' Noura continues. 'But your bodies are designed to handle it. And what you must remember is, it's a positive pain. I'm sure you'll both agree?' She looks over at Mum and Janice.
POSITIVE?' Janice looks up, horrified. 'Ooh, no, dear. Mine was agony. 24 hours in the cruel summer heat. I wouldn't wish it on any of you poor girls.'
But there are natural methods you can use,' Noura puts in quickly. 'I'm sure you found that rocking and changing position helped with the contractions.
I wouldn't have said so,' Mum says kindly.
Or a warm bath?' Noura suggets, smile tightening.
A bath? Dear, when you're gripped by agony and wanting to die, a bath doesn't really help!'
As I glance around the room I can see that all the girls' faces have frozen. Most of the mens' too.
Of course, if 40% of women need oxytocin to progress normally, then something is wrong with the definition of normal.
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I took the life of the woman I was supposed to call mother in the process of being born... in order to become the world's strongest shinobi... an incarnation of sand was implanted inside of me...
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