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Ina May Gaskin talks about it in Ina May's Guide to
Childbirth! I'd have to look through the book to tell you exactlyl what she
says.
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Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 4:44
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Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] fear
On 05/02/2006, at 12:36 AM, Susan Cudlipp wrote:
"What is your biggest fear right now?" She
didn't answer for a couple of contractions then suddenly burst out " My
biggest fear is that I won't be able to birth the baby" What do you
know - lip went and baby started to
appear!
This fascinates me too.
Is
is just a matter of verbalising that fear??? I know it sounds dumb, but most
women when questioned say that they fear the pain.....no denying that it is
going to hurt, so is it a matter of just verbalising it??
On a similar
matter....
the last couple of weks, I have had 2 women simply stump me.
One with an epidural, one without. Both reached 9 then 10 cms dilation, and
decided they did not want to push. They were adament they did not want to
push, that they wanted "the baby pulled out"!!! Despite reasurrance that they
could do it, and that unless they were unwell or the baby distressed, they
baby would NOT be pulled out and they certainly would not be taken for a LSCS,
they continued to say "No I dont want to push", "I'm not going to push" "it is
going to hurt too much!"
They eventually had the baby when the next
shift took over, but I was wondering if anyone else had encountered this
before??
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