Birth Reborn

Synopsis: In the maternity unit of a state hospital in the small French town of Pithiviers, Dr Michael Odent has evolved a philosophy of childbirth which challenges medical orthodoxy. Dr Odent believes that women should respond to their own deep primitive instincts and give birth in the way most natural to them. Last year only two out of 1012 mothers chose to have their babies lying down. The remainder delivered standing, or squatting, or in a pool of warm water. At Pithiviers birth is never artifically induced to conform with hospital convenience. Drugs, anaesthetics and forceps are never used. Caesarean sections are rare; mother and child are not separated at birth; fathers are encouraged to be involved; post-natal depression is almost unknown.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.
Year of production: 1982
Availability: OUT OF DISTIBUTION
Uses: Obstetricians, obstetric nurses and midwives.*
Subjects: Medical sciences
Keywords: childbirth; natural childbirth; obstetrics

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