Sunday, April 19, 2009

Gravity and Birthing

Logic wins again!!

A new study has been published in Cochrane Database which supports the notion that laboring vertically (squatting, standing, etc)  reduces the length of the first stage of labor by up to 1 hour and were less likely to have an epidural.  Now if only we could figure out a way to get hospitals to let women out of their beds so they could do this...

Read more here on how gravity can help you birth here:






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