There's a few reasons it doesn't grab
me. On some info about the chair it says she designed it so MWs would be more
comfortable and not have to sit on toilet floors while women laboured on the
loo. In hospitals birthing in the toilet is a really good idea because it can
keep surgeons away. I
Lisa - you wrote:
I have not
ever>> had to>>> wait 12/15 mins from birth of a head to
birth of a body.>>> Physiology tells us that the uterus clamps down
immediately>> after>>> birth. I don't think you'd
wait another 12/15 mins for the>> uterus>>> to contract
after the birth and that's i
yes she also can see the funny side of it now. She thought I was nuts
when I asked her where she wanted to have the baby because she was
convinced she had hours to go because of her previous experiences
The whole thing is so much fun sometimes
Andrea
On 07/10/2006, at 2:08 PM, Judy Chapman wro
It was great to hear the 'inside' story re the birth seat, ie from midwives that have attended women using them.
Perhaps this kind of feedback could get to the midwife who decided it; maybe they can alter it somehow to have the back resting on hydraulics (!) so the woman can move around a little -
Hi, Has anyone else had a look at this site? www.circumstitions.com There is some quite good info on it, some of it quite graphic (photos). You can go to a link to watch a circumcision, and can also read the autopsy report of a baby who died after haemorrhaging after a circ. All quite distu
Hi Astra,
I'll be going to Germany too and s exited =)
I had a rest and be thankfull stage at my first labour. It was quite funny,
because I gave birth in a US hospital with a hospital midwife. There were
some students in the room (which I did't note at all). My doula told me
afterwards,
I had the privilege to care for 2 women last night
who both showed how strong women can be. Ist came in at 3cm with SROM P0
all well. Had to interrupt my care for the arrival of no. 2. One of
the teens I had been doing antenatal checks with. A gorgeous country bumpkin
P0 who had just trav
Hi,
Only problems with this birth chair are that it eliminates the need
for a support person behind the woman (poor dad misses out), and also
fixes the woman in a static position. Not easy for her to move about,
wriggle, rock back and forth etc if she wants to. Convenient for the
accoucher a
