Women were never meant to give birth on their backs
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#4I wonder what it would take to get hospitals to change how women give birth based on this scientific evidence.
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#5I wonder what it would take to get hospitals to change how women give birth based on this scientific evidence.
The hospital my wife first gave birth at were very accommodating with her request. I think education of the individuals is a bigger issue than the hospitals (who have probably send and done all different ways.)
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#6> It's usually more dangerous for women to give birth lying down, so why do they? It's all because of a Frenchman who decided it was more convenient – for men.
The first paragraph itself makes me not want to read further.
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#8I wonder what it would take to get hospitals to change how women give birth based on this scientific evidence.
Hospitals are starting to bring midwives and doulas back. Of course, educating women and families about their options and pushing back on inducing labor and c sections would help as well.
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#10I was curious about the claim so I did a web search for "Roman depiction of birth" and this is the first result:
https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/1200x627/18720.jpg
The mother appears to be sedentary, rather than supine. I doubt I would have noticed that detail had I not read the article.