Painless Childbirth

The Relationship between Fear of Childbirth and Women's Knowledge about Painless Childbirth

This study investigated the association between fear of childbirth (FOC) and women's knowledge about painless childbirth methods. The study was performed on 900 multiparous women within the last month of pregnancy. Data was obtained through a questionnaire including the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire (W-DEQ) Turkish form A. FOC was defined as W-DEQ sum score ≥85. Women were ...

Conditioning for childbirth.

In this era of overnight successes and fast fading fads the philosophy of childbirth conditioning (or natural childbirth), as it is more commonly known, has taken almost thirty years to get to its present point of recognition. It was an over-powering zealist, Grantly Dick Read of England, who developed the idea and by his persistence and enthusiasm against a great deal of opposition, has made t...

Painless labour: how far have we travelled?

Almost every woman in their lifetime bears the pain of parturition since the birth of mankind. The belief that bearing the pain of parturition and delivering a healthy baby makes a woman 'complete' in all aspects is a myth. Given a chance, every woman experiencing the dynamicity of childbirth will want to get rid of the labour pain as soon as possible. History is full of myths and controversies...

Psychosomatic Methods in Painless Childbirth

The Birth of a Child: Obstetric Procedure in Normal Child-Birth for Those Who Attend Women in Labour

This book written by the well-known author of the Revelation of Child-birth, Dr. Grantly Dick Read, is a very illuminating one. All. those who are interested in obstetrics, specially in the preventive obstetrics, will benefit immensely by this newer light on physiological labour. Dr. Read's experience and his conviction of a painless labour is shown in the clear decisive way he has represented ...