Peru embraces stand-up births
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:24 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:57 pm
Women have been giving birth this way for many years --- if you think about it, it's really a more natural position. Laying on a bed with feet in stirrups is for the dr's convenience and no one elses.
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:12 pm
might as well let gravity do its part 
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:22 pm
i remember seeing a 70s documentary of a woman giving birth...it put me right off my ravioli it did..i was around 7 years old...
she was birthing standing up too...i remember he walking around stiffly going "ooooooooo-ooooohhhhhhhh" and then squeezing occasionally..
as a youngster - i was most surprised at what happen next...and i was just watching it cos you could see her bum...
she was birthing standing up too...i remember he walking around stiffly going "ooooooooo-ooooohhhhhhhh" and then squeezing occasionally..
as a youngster - i was most surprised at what happen next...and i was just watching it cos you could see her bum...
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:04 pm
That's the principle behind it.luke wrote:might as well let gravity do its part