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The Myth of the Painless Childbirth

April 15, 2011 By Deena 18 Comments

Out there in the cloud of birth information is this idea that birth can or should be painless.  Somebody heard a story about a friend of a friend who had just the most blissful, fabulous, painless, even orgasmic birth experience.  There are a number of videos on YouTube which show women in all their birthing […]

Filed Under: Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Coping Skills, Dr. Grantly Dick-Read, Expectations, Interventions, Orgasmic Birth, Pain, Suffering

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