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Linda,
The actual dictionary
definition of spurious is 'false'.
I think most midwives
would define it as a labour that starts & stops repeatedly in the latent
phase before getting down to the active phase or 'real business'.
However it can dilate the
cervix so it is labour & it certainly doesn't feel false to the woman involved.
Very,
very frustrating for them.
Women are in labour,
out of labour, in labour out of labour..............drives them mad !!
Usually
affects multis & they are in a real spot because they are having to
organise the DH,midwife, grandparents, baby-sitters etc & then call them off
repeatedly.
I think it would be one
of the most common reasons for IOL wouldn't it ? Or is this classified as
an augment? Others ?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 3:28
PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] ques on
spurious labour vs false labour
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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