Study: Laboring Moms Shouldn't Be Urged to Push
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Written by Rita Jenkins| 30 December, 2005 16:16 GMT
Although the second stage of labor was shorter by an average of 13 minutes among women coached to push, there was nothing else to suggest that coaching or not coaching was advantageous or harmful, according to a recent study.
Coaching a laboring woman to push during contractions does not significantly hasten the baby's birth and may contribute to bladder problems later, according to a study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. For the most part, it doesn |
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