Dr. Shalinta Tyagi
Dr. Shalinta Tyagi
12:50 PM | 19-07-2019
All mammals give birth to their young ones and start feeding them as soon as possible after birth. Human beings are evolved mammals, and human birth is the most miraculous, transformational and mysterious event of our lives. Women worldwide are seeking more natural and family centered ways to birth their children and experience motherhood without suffering and trauma that have been associated with labor and delivery. And because of this, they want optimal education and support. The education that best prepares a woman for a gentle birth is the one that empowers her by providing information and a belief in her ability to give birth naturally.
Labor progress is facilitated when a woman feels safe, respected, and cared for by the experts who are responsible for her clinical safety, when she can remain active and upright and when her pain is adequately and safely managed. The opposite feelings of shame or embarrassment, of being observed, of feeling unsafe, being immobile, being treated with disrespect may trigger a psychobiological reaction that interferes with efficient progress in labor.
When I did my thesis on laboring women it was found that when the mothers were allowed to move around, changed positions and listened to their bodies, the pain they felt at the time of labor was reduced and also the time span of labor was shortened. Women want and need supportive people around them during labor.
The three measures that help a woman to achieve a natural gentle birth are:
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It's very well said by Dr Michel Odent: For the body’s natural powers to come into play, they must be left alone…. Giving women painkilling drugs and synthetic hormones during birth, as is common practice in most modern hospitals, destroys the hormonal balance on which spontaneous labor depends. Certainly pain itself can slow down labor, but when drugs are not used, the body can defend itself effectively and naturally against it.
Will continue with what all positions help in progressing labor and decrease in pain in my next blog with detailed description and pictures. Till then keep reading Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper and Google the website of Lamaze International.
(About Dr Shalinta Tyagi – Dr Tyagi is a physiotherapist specialized in obstetrics and gynecology. She is a certified breastfeeding counselor and antenatal-postnatal fitness expert. She has been working for 12+ years in the field of childbirth education, women's physiotherapy and lactation. Over the years she has updated her qualifications as a Hypnobirthing and Water birthing Practitioner. She has worked with Apollo Cradle, W Hospital and Cloud 9 in Gurgaon and now a freelancer).
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06:40 PM | 28-07-2019
It's a good article. People need to be educated and given conducive environment for a normal & natural birth. 🙏
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