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Patent
1978-11-03
1980-09-30
Watson, Robert C.
Work holders
Miscellaneous
269328, A61G 1300
Patent
active
042251273
ABSTRACT:
A natural childbirth positioner is presented for allowing an expectant woman to give birth to her child while in a natural squatting position. For many hundreds of years women have been giving birth while in the supine position. With the woman so positioned, uterine pressure can interfere with the flow of blood from the uterus to the infant, causing the supply of oxygen to the infant to be dangerously reduced. Contrastingly, childbirth in the squatting position, as provided for by the present invention, allows the woman's abdomen and diaphragm muscles to give an effective and strong push with each labor contraction and thus can shorten delivery time. In practice the natural childbirth positioner allows the expectant woman to assume a supine position preparatory to and immediately after child delivery. However, with the onset of closely spaced contractions, the expectant woman can be moved to and held comfortably in the squatting position.
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