NATURAL CHILDBIRTH
dir,-After listening to the panel from Christchurch discussing the . vital problem of "natural. childbirth," I feel I must protest. It is impossible to discuss this subject with medical people who: absolutely ignore the most important aspect of childbirth, the emotional side. It is time we had a pane} at least properly balanced to discuss this subject --that is. two members who have enjoyed childbédting emotionally and physically, and not ori@to three. It is useless to say our hospitals are completely. satisfactory. They may be more of less that on the purely physical side, but the personal and emotional upsets borne by Many women leave a lasting scarf. Our nurses are highly trained, and I am one myself, but no lectures are given _ to help them to undefstand the. psychology of a woman about to complete the supreme task of womanhood. Effi- * ciency is very cold comfort if the human touch is not present. In the home the fufsé can revel in her efficiency and the husbatid provides the balance and > the motional stability, which he cannot : do in a ward full of women. I suggest: that a panel now@be selected from mothers who have attended the Parent Centre Clinics in Wellington to give us the most important viewpoint of the person most vitally concerned in child-birth-the mother. They have a large file of case histories from mothers who have stiecessfully and enthusiastically tried natural childbifth. © I think the title natural childbirth is a little unfortunate, and training for childbirth would be more correct. It is now considered scientifically proved that the birth experience leaves a lasting impression, not only on the mother, but also on the baby. So here is anothet reason for easy natural births free from drugs and instruments. This is, of course, an aspect that medical folk will not consider, as it has so long been considered that nothing affected the child mentally until after birth, We must advance slowly but surely, afd New Zealand women will get there despite the voice
of authority.
BRUAG
(Auckland),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 738, 4 September 1953, Page 5
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