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"speeded up with prostaglandin gels or synthetic
hormones" Hmm- OR synthetic - which supports the pig semen
theory. (sorry!)
And my concern in what about moulding? Doesn't a lot of
moulding happen as far as the mothers body, hips and pelvis etc.
I know a girl who had a really short labour but then went into
shock.
Rhonda
-------Original Message-------
Date: Saturday,
November 16, 2002 13:27:41
Subject: [ozmidwifery]
Fw: [MCNSW] more interventions for labour!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 8:08 AM
Subject: [MCNSW] more interventions for labour!
a proposed drug to reduce the time of first
labour to 2-3 hours by softening the collagen in the cervix! The
scientists reckon it doesn't hurt more, (but then again they might have
been blokes :-)).
Website listed below.
Love Kate
PS What about all those women who were
already going to have quick births??
http://www.ivenus.com/family/news/LC-notebook1-wk40.asp
less labour?
If only childbirth weren't such hard work. it may soon
get easier, thanks to a new drug.
The move is on to shorten childbirth via a new drug that is due to be
tested later this year, according to a report in the New Scientist.
The theory is that a shorter labour should be less painful and require
less intervention on the part of doctors. The average time that most
first-time mums spend in labour is around 18 hours, and while this can be
speeded up with prostaglandin gels or synthetic hormones, these drugs can
make labour unbearably painful and may make women feel the urge to push
before the cervix is fully opened. This in itself can lead to
complications.
The new drug, developed and patented by Britain's Medical Research
Council, may cut the average labour down to only two or three hours. Most
of the long, painful hours of labour are spent as the cervix slowly opens
from tightly closed to 10 centimetres.
Many women feel they have been in labour forever and rush into the
hospital expecting to deliver instantly only to be told they are just two
or three centimetres dilated! For most women (although there are those who
have quick births), dilation of the cervix is a slow process. The new
drug, however, is designed to speed up this process by softening the
collagen in the cervix. It is likely to be administered either through
gel, cream, microcapsules or injection, although as yet it is not known
what form it will take. So far it has only been tested on monkeys. In
these cases, the Scottish firm Ardana Bioscience, which has the licence
for the new drug, reports it worked very effectively.
By Marianne
Hartigan
Maternity Coalition
NSW
www.maternitycoalition.org.au
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