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I hope someone out there can give me some information on this. I want to know why some people have a harder time in labour than others, and then there are some who dont experience any pain at all. And its got to be more than just a high pain tolerance.
A friend and I were discussing this subject, and she told me of her childbirth experiences. She didnt have any pain. when she was in the labour ward, the docs kept asking her if she could feel any pain, and she couldnt. They even suggested she have pethidine in case the pain should start later. She decided against it. When the child was born, she overheard the nurses comment, "another first, childbirth without pain." Her second child was also the same. And her hips arent any bigger than mine. She never tore either, so didnt require any stitches. She said that the second Child, came down the birth canal and was delivered very quick. But without any pain at all!
Anyone got any ideas why this would be????? She doesnt eat any healthier than most, doesnt exercise, doesnt meditate etc etc.
*~ BLISS ~*
In Reply to: Childbirth and Me posted by Miss Bliss on October 28, 2002 at 21:03:26:
Hi,
Some women have uteruses that are angled, or anteverted. Sometimes a small woman will have difficulty with a large baby. Some women don't dilate as they should. Every woman is anatomically different, and so are the babies. There are other factors, too. . . like maybe some of those little guys are eager to come out while others want to stay in there . . . .))
In Reply to: Anatomy plays a role. . . but many factors posted by Spacey on October 28, 2002 at 22:02:33:
It seems that working-class women (which means physically active women) have it easier. I remember hearing things like Chinese farmers' wives working in the fields sometimes deliver right there, all by herself without any assistance. Also, in the Monty Python movie, the mother from Yorkshire--the Third World--gives birth to probably her 499th child while standing there doing the dishes...LOL...soon afterwards, she joins the group dance celebrating "every sperm is sacred..." LOL
In Reply to: Childbirth and Me posted by Miss Bliss on October 28, 2002 at 21:03:26:
Thanks, Miss.
Another example of the "infinite variety" of humans.
The reason labor is called labor is because it is hard work! Not because it is painful.
One of the first things we were taught in medical school (1958) was that a primiperous delivery in the Netherlands (where childbirth was considered a normal process and mostly at home with a midwife) averaged 6 hours & was relatively "painless". At the same time, in the US, the average primiparous delivery took an average of 16 hours and was universally painful enough to require heavy doses of narcotics. It seems that in this country we have developed the belief that childbirth was dangerous and required the full suppirt of the medical/pharmaceutical monopoly to protect the woman from this terrible process. FEAR made the difference! So far as I know we are of the same species as the Dutch.
"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo's wisdom.
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Childbirth and Me (Archive in pregnancy.) posted by Walt Stoll on October 29, 2002 at 09:24:03:
Walt
"The reason labor is called labor is because it is hard work! Not because it is painful."
Are you absolutely sure about that? Not that long ago, women died in childbirth complications.
"FEAR made the difference! So far as I know we are of the same species as the Dutch."
So fear is what caused the contractions of intense labour pain???? Hard work is one thing, but PAIN is an entirely different thing. I know that when I have suffered with intense period pain, I found it interesting that the pain would come in waves, almost like childbirth contractions. The period pain is a wave of pain that rises in intensity, and then eases off for a few mins, and then the whole process plays out again.
I have heard WAY too many stories from my grandmothers, and others of horrendous experiences during childbirth for me not to have some fear about it.
~* BLISS *~
In Reply to: Re: Childbirth and Me (Archive in pregnancy.) posted by Miss Bliss on November 04, 2002 at 06:49:24:
Thanks, Miss.
I have always been supremely grateful that I was born a man so I did not have to confront this process.
The one thing that is certain is that the allopathic approach to this causes most of the problems. Even now, the +25% cesarean rate (in this country) is a world wide scandal.
Walt
In Reply to: Childbirth and Me posted by Miss Bliss on October 28, 2002 at 21:03:26:
Bliss, saw this and thought of you http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101021111/?cnn=yes
Haven't read it.
I have heard/read herbal midwifes talk about the difference that nutrition, execise and herbs can make in the amount of pain, length of labor time and occurrence of birth complications.
Here are my resources on it. Hope they serve.
http://www.herbshealing.com/A4-Article%20Weed.htm
http://www.herbsfirst.com/NewsLetters/0998pregnancy1.html (Part 1)
http://www.herbsfirst.com/NewsLetters/1098pregnancy2.html (Part 2)
A story http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/unhinstr.html
best to you
thessa
In Reply to: Re: Childbirth and Me posted by thessa on November 05, 2002 at 08:43:44:
~* BLISS *~
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