- Restricted Movement, secondary to IV’s, continuous fetal monitoring equipment and staff discouragement of walking.
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- Prohibition of Food and Drink, exhausting women of their strength during the hard work of labor.
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- Birth Flat on the Back can cause ineffective pushing and birth trauma to tissues.
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- Separation of Mother and Infant immediately after birth with formula or water feeding by staff increases breastfeeding failure for the weeks and months to come.
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- Routine Episiotomy can cause deep extension of tissue trauma and result in life long fecal incontinence.
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- Routine Electronic Fetal Monitoring has shown in numerous studies to provide no improvement in baby’s health but significantly increase a woman’s chance of having a C-section.
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- Induction of Labor without medical indication often fails to dilate the cervix and results in C-section.
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- Epidural Use often results in ineffective contractions, difficulty pushing, uncoordinated suck of the newborn, false fever with neonatal ICU admission and life long back pain.
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