• Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz
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    8 months ago

    Are there any doctors in the house? Because I’d swear that looks like they used the model of a male skeleton here.

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      8 months ago

      It’s one you can use. The position we normally see is actually not really all that great for childbirth. It generally leads to more tearing, but doctors use it for easy access. Squatting or bent over like that can be easier and more comfortable for the woman. It’s just harder to get all up in there to see what’s going on.

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      8 months ago

      My wife gave birth like this, right on the living room floor and my daughter came out in an egg. The whole thing happened so quick, the midwife only arrived a few moments before she dropped, lucky as she needed to cut the egg open and get my daughter out.
      Meanwhile I was lying on the sofa with a broken leg trying to stop our cat from eating everything.

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        8 months ago

        I like how you describe her as “in an egg” lol. She was still inside the amniotic sac. The majority of the time, the amniotic sac ruptures prior to delivering the baby. The baby is delivered first and then the placenta follows soon after. But when both are delivered together with the sac entirely intact, it has a special name called an “en caul” birth.

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      8 months ago

      This is the one thing this post gets right. Hands and knees is better because then the baby can move downward, if you are on your back you have to push it up and out.