No one can deny that the process of normal labor can change to abnormal one
at any stage. That is when it can be longer, painful, exhausting to mother
and lethal to baby as expressed below. This is no excuse to the current
unnecessary interference of natural labor. I have witnessed a C/S been
conducted on a woman who had language problems. Everything else for normal
delivery okay. The woman was very upset about the operation she could not
refuse because of language barrier. The stress could have retarded the wound
healing which took a while. Midwives should advocate for women who must
experience unnecessary operations
Rose Mlay
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Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: Foot threat to normal labour
> Again, at the risk of heresy, I aslo think that midwives have to accept
> some responsibility for the current model of maternity care...the
> following quote from the 1981 edition of 'Myles Textbook for Midwives'
> might illustrate what I mean
>
> 'But when left to nature, labour can be long, painful, exhausting to the
> mother and lethal to both mother and child. Women today are not aware
> of the disastrous results of 'natural childbirth'.Childbirth has been
> made safer, shorter, and easier by the very scientific procedures some
> misinformed women object to. Reverting to primitive methods is a
> retrograde step which has no justification and should not be condoned'.
> (1981:99, original
> emphasis)
>
> The emphasis is the authors original. This is not meant as a criticism
> of earlier, well-meaning texts but rather as justification that midwives
> too have to accept responsibility for the current state of midwifery.
>
> Declan
>
> Declan Devane,
> Doctoral Student / Midwifery Research Assistant,
> School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies,
> University of Dublin Trinity College,
> Trinity Centre for Health Sciences Education,
> St. James's Hospital,
> Dublin 8.
> Tel: 087 659 6923
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health
> research. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew
> Symon
> Sent: 27 February 2003 14:43
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> Subject: Foot threat to normal labour
>
>
> The following news story was filed 31/01/2003, and is available at:
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/01/31/nbul3
> 1.xml#8
>
> Baby boy for Claudia Schiffer
> Claudia Schiffer, above, gave birth to a boy weighing 7lb who was
> delivered by caesarean section at the Portland Hospital, London,
> yesterday. The 32-year-old German model's husband, Matthew Vaughn, 31,
> the film producer, was with her at the birth. A spokesman for the couple
> said: "Both parents are utterly thrilled at the birth of their first
> child, and both mother and baby are doing very well." The couple had
> been hoping for a natural birth but Miss Schiffer was advised to have a
> caesarean after she injured her foot.
>
> Do we need a big research study to look into this threat to normal
> labour? Andrew Symon Dundee
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