Re: [ozmidwifery] twilight delivery - or twilight baby?

[Denise Hynd]

I also understand that from Queen Victoria into the 50's women in labour were given ether and this was called Twilight sleep? Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Murphy To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 3:00 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] twilight delivery - or twilight baby? Hi, My 88yr old mother, a midwife in a previous life, tells me that it was a mixture of morphine and scopolamine.  she was injected with it it in 1950, against her protests,  for the birth of my sister and nearly died with an anaphylactic shock reaction. It was a common injection for "painless labour".  It was painless alright because women were unconcious and sometimes couldn't remember giving birth MM  ----- Original Message ----- From: Rhonda To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 5:19 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] twilight delivery - or twilight baby? Hi, all of you knowledgable women,   I was talking to a friend today who said that her sister in law who was born in the 1940's claims to be a "twilight baby"?  Apparently her mother - who has passed away now and cannot explain the reason - had her first child as a natural delivery - the second was this weird delivery where she went into hospital on her due day not in labour  - got put to sleep and then woke up having delivered the baby vaginally while asleep or in twilight!  The next two were normal, natural births. Does anyone know about this practice - obviously not done now days - i presume!   She was curious about how it was done and why it may have been done.   Any ideas?   Regards Rhonda.       ____________________________________________________   IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here

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