I spilled my tea when I saw the net in the diagram, presumably to catch the infant...
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)
#122I would worry that the baby would fling out randomly and get a serious injury. And, don't forget that a lot of women poop during delivery. I wouldn't want to get hit by any of that.
thats why you have the doctor rotate with the patient
Re: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
The term "run interference" is so much more accurate than I think folks who've never done this realize. My wife submitted a birth plan that explicitly stated no drugs except in the case of emergency. After the fourth time one of the floor nurses asked my wife if she was ready for her epidural I ended up gently insisting she not step foot in our room again. On three occasions I physically barred entry to the room to a…
Same here. Prior to birth my wife and I were told by the medical professionals that baby will be waking up frequently for feedings, and we need sleep too, so we should sleep when baby sleeps.
After a C-section once my wife were back in our postpartum room, no one seemed concerned at all with her sleep. Every 15-20 minutes there was another visitor. At this point she had been awake more than a day, had a few hours of extreme exertion before a pivot to surgery, and was full of pain killing narcotics.
She could barely stay awake.
I ended up being her sleep guardian. Every time I heard the sliding door to our room crack open I was on my feet to turn people away.
In retrospect it was good exercise in being assertive with authority figures in service of others. I think I’ll be doing plenty of that as a father.
Re: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
#124This is my head canon for how birthing of babies happened in The Matrix.
Re: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
Does anyone know how the phrase "denying science" crept into people’s vocabulary? I find it incredibly creepy since it sort of treats science as a religion, and usually people who say it seem to know basically nothing about actual science. If I think back before about 10 years ago I don’t think I had ever heard it before. In the past, non-technically minded people didn’t really cite “science” as a concrete reason to…
From my viewpoint (in europe though) I only started hearing/seeing it during coronavirus.
Re: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
#126Re: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
#127Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
Be safe. The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed countries. In 2020, there were 23.8 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in the US. That number includes both hospital and home births. However studies have found home births with certified professional midwives in the US to have very low rates of maternal and infant mortality, comparable to hospital births for low-risk women.
I don't disagree that there are real problems, but these statistics don't really help much. The home birth group is less likely to include high risk births. Many issues are detected during prenatal care and most of those parents will choose a birthing environment better equipped to deal with crises.
As far as high US mortality rate, I wonder if this is more of a reflection of general poor health issues from terrible dietary choices rather than the birth process itself.
Re: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
Does anyone know how the phrase "denying science" crept into people’s vocabulary? I find it incredibly creepy since it sort of treats science as a religion, and usually people who say it seem to know basically nothing about actual science. If I think back before about 10 years ago I don’t think I had ever heard it before. In the past, non-technically minded people didn’t really cite “science” as a concrete reason to…
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Re: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
Does anyone know how the phrase "denying science" crept into people’s vocabulary? I find it incredibly creepy since it sort of treats science as a religion, and usually people who say it seem to know basically nothing about actual science. If I think back before about 10 years ago I don’t think I had ever heard it before. In the past, non-technically minded people didn’t really cite “science” as a concrete reason to…
From my viewpoint (in europe though) I only started hearing/seeing it during coronavirus.
In the US we got a head start on it with climate.
Re: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force (1963)
#130I guess this is what happens when the medical profession was (is?) dominated my men, without significant input from women...
Inventors were a wife/husband pair...