the life long consequences of obstetric interventions · obstetric interventions. 2 what is a baby?...
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Do we remember birth?
No, it's not possible to remember it. The brain doesn't start forming long-term memory for a long time after birth.
“But how naïve, how innocent to imagine no trace will remain; that one could emerge unscathed, unmarked, from such an experience [as birth]. The scars are everywhere: in our flesh, our backs, our nightmares, our madness, and all the insanity, the folly of this world – its tortures, its wars, its prisons.”
Frederick LeBoyer
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Induction & Augmentation
Ergometrine
Oxytocin
Syntocinon (Synthetic Oxytocin) - Pitocin (USA)
Syntometrine
Prostaglandins
Different types of Caesarean
• Elective caesarean Planned in advance for perceived medical or cosmetic
reasons. Medical reasons might include history of previous c-sections, placenta previa, abnormal presentations, multiple pregnancy, health issues of mother (such as heart disease, pre-eclampsia or genital herpes
• Emergency caesarean Performed during labour due to a perceived medical
complication, such as prolonged labour or failure to progress (dystocia), failed labour induction, cord prolapse, uterine rupture, foetal distress
Superconductive Survival System
Self-limiting beliefs
Distorted perception
Inappropriate behaviours
Diminished consciousness/
possibilities
Flooding of stress hormones
Activation of dense neural
pathways
Stress stimulus