From: NaturalChildbirth.org
http://www.terrylarimore.com/BirthRites.html Why is childbirth,
which should be such a unique and individual experience for the
woman, treated in such a highly standardized way in the United
States? No matter how long or short, how easy or hard their labors,
the vast majority of American women are hooked up to an electronic
fetal monitor and an IV [...]
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woman, treated in such a highly standardized way in the United
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the vast majority of American women are hooked up to an electronic
fetal monitor and an IV [...]
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http://www.terrylarimore.com/BirthRites.html Why is childbirth,
which should be such a unique and individual experience for the
woman, treated in such a highly standardized way in the United
States? No matter how long or short, how easy or hard their labors,
the vast majority of American women are hooked up to an electronic
fetal monitor and an IV [...]
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Two of the machines used in childbirth at a hospital are the
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Article by Candace Whitridge: When a woman is in labor, a little
fight goes on in the woman's brain. One part of here brain, the
intellect, will tell her that she should do certain things. Perhaps
those are things that we learned in childbirth classes; perhaps
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to cope with birth. But from the other part of the brain will come
an urge so deep within her that it will compel her to move her body
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deep instincts about childbirth, but we have buried these for so
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