Thanks for the feedback Anne.
Which one do the women seem to like the best? I have only used
the one from the birthinternational catalogue and it seemed to
work well for the women.
Cheers
Judy
--- Anne Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Labouring women in my practice, over 20 of them, tried this
> birth seat (although without the back part) and women have
> found it not so useful as they cannot lean forward or move on
> it easily. Also if a woman has generous proportions they find
> it difficult to sit on it and many women find it difficult to
> reach down to grasp the handles and it limits women where they
> want to grasp for support. Looking at the video from the New
> Inventors program the back part appears to limit women's
> movement too - although I have not used it in association with
> the chair. As you all know some women lean far back (or
> forward) sometimes leaning forward with a contration and then
> far back in their supporters arms to rest inbetween
> contractions, and sometimes using a different position with
> each contraction with her supporter moving in unison to
> accomodate, the back on the chair in the video does not look
> like it appears to be as accommodating.
>
> I am all for women choosing to use a birth stool/chair if they
> find it does not inhibit movement of choice but not one of my
> clients who have tried this chair wanted to continue to use it
> e.g. when offered a different type of chair/seat these were
> found to be more accommodating.
>
> When quizzed at their postnatal debrief ALL of them said it
> was either uncomfortable - for various reasons - but what most
> of them commented on was that they could sit comfortably in it
> as they couldn't move around (forward/back). So it appears if
> you want to sit back and straight to give birth it maybe not
> so useful to use.
>
> I am not the only one in the practice that have found women
> have not liked using this chair and therefore it is gathering
> dust in the store room. We do have 2 other types of birth
> stool/chairs and find women happier with these less
> 'technical' choices.
>
> Regards,
> Anne
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