You could do two births at once, so you have a good counterweight.
Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
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#22The baby would have to be delivered by a Spin Doctor.
HN is usually not a place for jokes but I think we can all agree to allow this one.
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#23Thanks for pointing out what year it was. I'll try to catch up on my missing sleep.
Is a patent from 1963 classed as modern?
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#25Would this actually work?
With next to no muscle tone and very delicate bones, a newborn human body would probably be at great risk of injury and death unharnessed to have its joints, especially its neck, at the speed you'd need to whip its shoulders through the birth canal.
Well that’s easy to fix, just make the baby gestate for five or six years.
Added advantage that you can spin them right into the school of your choice immediately!
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#26The baby ejector!
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#28> In the case of a woman who has a fully developed muscular system and has had ample physical exertion all through the pregnancy, as is common with all more primitive peoples, nature provides all the necessary equipment and power to have a normal and quick delivery. This is not the case, however, with more civilized Women who often do not have the opportunity to develop the muscles needed in confinement. Ignoring the…
One that was recommended in the literature (and I suppose makes sense) was stretching.
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#29Wouldn't be better to accelerate the pregnant woman upwards then decelerate her when falling down? That way we can have more control.
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#30Would this actually work?
I'm more concerned about the mother being okay about being spun like that.
Birthing is already painful, I'm not sure it's a good idea to spin a woman like that while she's giving birth.