Linda Corby wrote:
dear wise women, I am having trouble getting information on "spurious
labour" for a Grad Dip midwifery assignment question. Any info and
references helpful?? Also, is it the same as false labour, or
different? thankyou, Linda Corby
Just love that language - not! My guess is that 'spurious labour' is the
labour that gets the OB out of bed at 2 or 3am, to find a primip woman
2-3 cm dilated who has not been given any idea antenatally what labour
is going to be like, & really just needs some good support but gets a
frustrated OB instead!
No offense meant to any OB's here, or you Linda for quoting a euphemism
being used by our teaching establishments - but maybe you could add
something in yr assignment about how this kind of language serves to
belittle & demean *women's* experience of birth, by pointing the focus
to someone elses experience - like, 'spurious' for whom? 'False' for
whom? "Sorry madam, but your physical sensations are not actually real".
Yeah, right!
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