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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
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Date: Saturday,
November 16, 2002 13:27:41
Subject:
[ozmidwifery] Fw: [MCNSW] more interventions for labour!
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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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