I have read an article today on the Evening Startand saying that women having their babies lying in bed in hospitals have more difficulties during labour than women who are left to walk around. Apparently this is because the baby doesn't get the chance to be gently rocked and moved in the best position.
The article was blaming the hospitals in the UK for the rise in emergency C sections when all of these were not always necessary.
As my labour is approaching (ouch!) I wonder what second time mothers think...
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Labour more difficult when lying in bed?
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happyspider · 13/05/2003 22:46
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