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Nyght and his clouded leopardess at a Lamaze class preparing for the birth of their child. :)
Completed sketch commission #1 of 2 for
NyghtPanthyr !Nyght and his clouded leopardess at a Lamaze class preparing for the birth of their child. :)
Category All / Pregnancy
Species Feline (Other)
Size 434 x 647px
File Size 218.3 kB
Dr. Lamaze proposed that women undergoing childbirth could be more actively involved and need less pain medication if given a carefully elaborated exercise of breathing and focusing techniques. The idea is that if you have something else to focus your conscious mind on, you don't notice the pain as much - therefor, need less relieve from it. Women who have less pain medication tend to bond quicker with their babies, and babies born to women who received less pain medication tend to be more alert and score better on their APGAR tests than ones who are born to women who are sedated more heavily. Breathing, panting, and following this technique also made it harder to SCREAM like your being murdered - which was...kind of common in the days when doctors didn't sedate the hell out of ladies.
Yes, indeed...even if I hadn't done my own research, I've been into pregnancy long enough to piece together from context what the Lamaze technique is. But I didn't know that was why he developed the technique, so thank you for educating me. A doctor who tried to help laboring women get through without needing medication, and because it was better for them...wish I could shake his hand.
I think it was more to save himself from the screaming, and salvage his hearing, actually - if I remember reading about it right. A lot of ladies were trying to shy away from the 'Twilight Sleep' deliveries... which meant you did COMPLETELY WITHOUT drugs... and that...got LOUD in wards of women giving birth with nothing but a curtain between one woman and the next.
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