it stemmed from Ireland and was based on length of labour as a
throughput thing rather than anything to do with cerebral palsy. The
belief was that women would rather a quicker labour with intervention
rather than a long labour with no intervention, it also stemmed from
arbitrary ideas of "normal" length of labour, the 1cm per hour regime.
Helen and Graham wrote:
My cogs have been turning about why "active management" of labour came
about. I presume it was to do with the idea that prolonged labour can
lead to cerebral palsy...preventative measure???!!! Well shouldn't
that be rethought now in light of the new research that dispels the
idea? I am just fed up with all the fail to progress emergency
caesarians contributing largely to our increasing caesarian rate and
feel it is time "they" realised that "active management of labour" is
a resounding failure all round!!!!
Despondent Helen
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