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Preventive antibiotics are recommended to women who have had an assisted vaginal birth by the World Health Organization. [27] An analysis has showed that preventive antibiotics reduce the risk of infection after an assisted vaginal birth, irrespective of whether a woman has had a perineal tear, an episiotomy, or both. Delays in receiving ...
Natural childbirth may occur during a physician or midwife attended hospital birth, a midwife attended homebirth, or an unassisted birth. The term "natural childbirth" was coined by obstetrician Grantly Dick-Read upon publication of his book Natural Childbirth in the 1930s, which was followed by the 1942 Childbirth Without Fear.
The Bradley method of natural childbirth (also known as "husband-coached childbirth") is a method of natural childbirth developed in 1947 by Robert A. Bradley, M.D. (1917–1998) and popularized by his book Husband-Coached Childbirth, first published in 1965. The Bradley method emphasizes that birth is a natural process: mothers are encouraged ...
"It starts with 'I do natural birth' or 'I'm an epidural mom' and then turns into 'I sleep train' or 'I'm a gentle parent.'" What has long been a war over the best way to raise a child — and the ...
Childbirth can be an intense event and strong emotions, both positive and negative, can be brought to the surface. Abnormal and persistent fear of childbirth is known as tokophobia. The prevalence of fear of childbirth around the world ranges between 4–25%, with 3–7% of pregnant women having clinical fear of childbirth.
Natural childbirth (2 C, 10 P) P. Pathology of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (7 C, 58 P) Presentations and positions in childbirth (7 P)
Second, with respect to UC proponents' claim that unassisted childbirth is a natural process, researchers in the field of paleoanthropology have asserted that assisted childbirth is, in fact, a central evolutionary aspect of humanity, and may date back as far as five million years to when humanity's ancestors first began walking upright. [32]
This film explores Michel Odent's work championing midwifery, home birth, natural childbirth, and the needs of newborns and mothers. [3] It won the Silver Apple award at the National Educational Film & Video Festival in Oakland, California. [4]