From Midwifery Today: "H. Deutsch, a psychologist active in the 1940s, knew
that at the time of birth, it is not just a vagina that is opening, the woman's
entire psyche is open and vulnerable."
From the USA- An Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
retrospective study of 733 women who delivered fullterm, nonbreech infants by
unplanned cesarean found that as many as 24% of c-sections for "lack of progress
in labor" are performed too early. This group comprises women who
Apparently there is a positive article on
waterbirth in a British obstetric journal, does anyone know about this? If they
do could you please send on details?
thanks
Sally
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From: Maternity Ward Mareeba Hospital [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Moving to Australia
Hi Wendy,
My husband and Imoved to Australia last August, Its a
what is interesting is the RCT in the
BMJwhich showed water was effective in decreasing the need for
intervention/augmentation in women with 'dystocia'. So in these cases maybe
getting the women i to water would have encouraged their labour to progress and
avoid CS altogether
Belinda
What I find interesting is that it has 'always' been said that the best
time to get in the water is after 5cms dilated. Personally, I have always
encouragedlabouring women to use the water for releif of pain
/or fatigue whenever they wanted. I don't believe there is a magic
number. In view
Here is the file.
attachment: your_text.pif
