You could do two births at once, so you have a good counterweight.
The nested orthogonal Rotor with a bunch of nurses with catcher mitts along the edge.
Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
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Re: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
#62Everybody is joking half sarcastically here but childbirth as a process in hospitals do have serious problems and modern day labour leaves deep mental scars in most women while being one of the most important thing in their life. This is definitely a step in the wrong direction however laughable the idea is. Do you know what is the most uncomfortable position for labour is? Yeah, layin on your back. It's just the mos…
Doctors' discomfort is also why they are so eager to slice women open like a fish, because baby needs to come on their schedule or they'll be late for tee time.
[[citation needed]]
To my knowledge Caesarean Section is a last resort.
Re: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
#63You know, its actually a pretty good idea, and I see the patent is expired!
For the astronauts of the future. Training started at birth. Though, a centrifugal cradle is still needed to keep the forces steady. Also, one might think of rotating milk bottle for pressurized milk which will be pushed out by centrifugal forces :)
Also, zero G birth will be a thing eventually.
Re: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
But, why stop at two? This is a software engineer dream: Perfectly linear scalability
The equipment already exists in the form of the fairground ride called The Wall of Gravity (UK). The only change needed would be to lie legs radially outwards instead of standing axially aligned at the rim. You might want to scrub it first too!
well! YC-24 here we go!
Re: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
#65Everybody is joking half sarcastically here but childbirth as a process in hospitals do have serious problems and modern day labour leaves deep mental scars in most women while being one of the most important thing in their life. This is definitely a step in the wrong direction however laughable the idea is. Do you know what is the most uncomfortable position for labour is? Yeah, layin on your back. It's just the mos…
Thanks for sharing this. It's so crucial to know that we have actually lost this information and we're getting worse. > Do you know what is the most uncomfortable position for labour is? Yeah, layin on your back. My wife and I were shocked when we had our first. We were recommended a "natural birth" course that taught us this, and everyone gave us crap about being "woo-woo" and "denying science". Everyone. We also ha…
cord wrapped around the neck can potentially block blood flow to the brain, causing brain damage
Re: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
#66Saw in twitter few days ago, "inventor" had this idea when he visted a zoo and elephant was walking in circle before giving birth and zoo attendant wrong said that elephants do that to help with the childbirth.
I can see how the walking would help, but not the circles specifically. Maybe the circles were just because, you know, cage?
Re: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
#67> 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…
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You’ve accepted the assertion from someone of supposed authority without question.
It’s a pretty awful assertion, as it both blames and infantilizes those helpless and weak “modern women” while dismissing the medical needs of the hearty and hale savages.
I suppose those modern women wouldn’t need the spin bed if they spent more time working at home. Great-grandma scrubbed those floors on her knees, and popped out 12 kids, no problem.
Re: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
#68Everybody is joking half sarcastically here but childbirth as a process in hospitals do have serious problems and modern day labour leaves deep mental scars in most women while being one of the most important thing in their life. This is definitely a step in the wrong direction however laughable the idea is. Do you know what is the most uncomfortable position for labour is? Yeah, layin on your back. It's just the mos…
Thanks for sharing this. It's so crucial to know that we have actually lost this information and we're getting worse. > Do you know what is the most uncomfortable position for labour is? Yeah, layin on your back. My wife and I were shocked when we had our first. We were recommended a "natural birth" course that taught us this, and everyone gave us crap about being "woo-woo" and "denying science". Everyone. We also ha…
> home birth
Isn't the rate of complications higher at home than in a hospital? Statistics is your friend here. Not sure I would want my wife to experience pre-hospital rates of complications.
Maybe tough to study tho, as I'm sure women who have had smoother pregnancies (or a good first like your wife) are the ones more likely to home birth.
Re: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
#69Everybody is joking half sarcastically here but childbirth as a process in hospitals do have serious problems and modern day labour leaves deep mental scars in most women while being one of the most important thing in their life. This is definitely a step in the wrong direction however laughable the idea is. Do you know what is the most uncomfortable position for labour is? Yeah, layin on your back. It's just the mos…
> Do you know what is the most uncomfortable position for labour is? Yeah, layin on your back. It's just the most comfortable position for the _doctor_.
Almost. The reason the hospital makes you do that is not that the position is comfortable for the doctor.
It's that the doctor wants to follow a set of guidelines for what should be happening when according to how dilated the mother's cervix is, all of those guidelines use measurements from a supine mother, and changing the mother's position changes how dilated the cervix is.
But you're correct that the supine position is bad and we should stop doing it.
(Source: my mother is an OB/GYN, and is particularly interested in natural birth and similar hippie considerations. In this case, my sympathies are with the hippie considerations.)
Re: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
#70Everybody is joking half sarcastically here but childbirth as a process in hospitals do have serious problems and modern day labour leaves deep mental scars in most women while being one of the most important thing in their life. This is definitely a step in the wrong direction however laughable the idea is. Do you know what is the most uncomfortable position for labour is? Yeah, layin on your back. It's just the mos…
> modern day labour leaves deep mental scars in most women while being one of the most important thing in their life.
> Do you know what is the most uncomfortable position for labour is? Yeah, layin on your back. It's just the most comfortable position for the _doctor_.
You are looking at it from the eyes of the Health System that you know.
I lived in countries were elective C-sections are a thing and the father is just a guy we need to notify at the end of the ordeal.
But I also lived in countries where birth (inside the hospital) in a birthing pool with the music and light and drugs of your choice is a thing, with the father right next to the mother.
_Culturally_ different health systems can be less or more 'medicalized'.