You need to think a bit deeper. These are old terms and may not be found in recent textbooks. The passage is the pelvis, the passenger the baby.......It's all about the mechanisms and the processes of labour which involves the psyche as well as the physical body; probably more than most women realise. Women can stop & start their labours. I witnessed a woman hold her baby at crowning until her husband retrieved their camera from in her case, where it was neatly tucked into a sock!! It was very funny but amazing control because it was important to her to get that 'photo having missed it first time around. Read 'Birthing From Within" by England & Horowitz for an interesting view of psyche issues. Good hunting!
Jenny
Jennifer Cameron FRCNA FACM
ProMid
Professional Midwifery Education Service
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Tania & Laurie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 12:10 PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Labour and Birth - the 4 P's ????
Hi everybody
Does anybody out there have any information on the 4 P's of labour and birth
(passage, passenger, powers, psyche). I'm a BMidder at UniSA and we have
been asked to consider these in relation to the anatomy, physiology,
psychology, sociology and midwifery care surrounding normal labour and
birth. I'M STUCK!!!
I can't find any information in our texts so if anyone can help I'd really appreciate it.
Cheers Tania
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