"Studies show that nurses need to spend 90 percent of their time on medical procedures and note-taking, with little left over for labor support." (p. 157)
"The most basic technique...get out of bed. Yet over 75 percent of U.S. women report that after they are admitted to the hospital, they never leave their beds." (p. 157)
Childbirth Connection survey found, "women who walk in labor report fewer cesareans." (p. 158)
"The positions and movement options available are many, including standing, walking, climbing stairs, swaying, lunging, sitting, crouching or squatting, leaning forward, being on hands and knees, kneeling, and side-lying." (p. 159)
Only 10 percent of American mothers ever try a warm shower, bath, or jacuzzi for pain relief...For the most pain relief...stay in for up to ninety minutes at a time. (p. 165)
Only 20 percent of women try touch and massage...although, by "Mothers who use touch and massage rate it the second-most effective natural birth relief method." (p. 166)
"Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami show that women receiving massage in labor report less pain, less anxiety, and have shorter births." (p. 167)
*Note to self try page 161
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