Labour: Fear and Pain
Episode Number:
001 
Faith Eliminates Fear - Dr. Dick - Read
Grantly Dick-Read (January 26, 1890 – June 11, 1959) was a British obstetrician who is regarded by many as the father of natural childbirth movement. He dedicated his life to educating expectant parents about the benefits of giving birth naturally, with as little intervention from obstetricians and health professionals as possible. Much of the pain in childbirth, he argued, came from society’s attitude towards childbirth, which often emphasised the pain.
It defies logic that nature that gifts women the ability to create and nuture life simply and easily would make the birth itself difficult and traumatic. What purpose does that serve? Is it the same for all women? Or for females of all species?
Dr. Dick-Read propounded the theory of FEAR-TENSION-PAIN, explaining what may be wrong with labour today.
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A lot of women prepare themselves for "pains" in birth with whatever information they can glean from friends, family, doctors, books and internet. No matter how much they know they always feel it would not be enough. They are getting information but not answers to their questions. Each...
Faith Eliminates Fear - Dr. Dick - Read
Grantly Dick-Read (January 26, 1890 – June 11, 1959) was a British obstetrician who is regarded by many as the father of natural childbirth movement. He dedicated his life to educating expectant parents about the benefits of giving birth...
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"How are your pains?" A well meaning L&D nurse, smiling asks the 'patient' in labour. Am I the only one who sees this as rather strange. Stepping back what would be the right answer here...
Option A: I am not getting much pain = early labour, could take a lot of time,...
