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In Aruba, especially when a women is under the care of an
obstetrician, she is automatically put in the Lithotomy position. A
Certain ob/gyn absolutely refuses to let you go in another
position, such as on hands and knees because he doesn’t want
to have a rear-side view. With midwives however, there are infinite
possibilities, [...]
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