The Life Long Consequences of Obstetric Interventions

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What is a baby?

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Do we remember birth?

No, it's not possible to remember it. The brain doesn't start forming long-term memory for a long time after birth.

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“But how naïve, how innocent to imagine no trace will remain; that one could emerge unscathed, unmarked, from such an experience [as birth]. The scars are everywhere: in our flesh, our backs, our nightmares, our madness, and all the insanity, the folly of this world – its tortures, its wars, its prisons.”

Frederick LeBoyer

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Implicit/Explicit Memory

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The Physiology of Birth

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Medications given in Birth

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Induction & Augmentation

Ergometrine

Oxytocin

Syntocinon (Synthetic Oxytocin) - Pitocin (USA)

Syntometrine

Prostaglandins

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Pain Relief

Gas and Air (Entonox)

Pethidine

Epidural

Caesarean Delivery

Different types of Caesarean

• Elective caesarean Planned in advance for perceived medical or cosmetic

reasons. Medical reasons might include history of previous c-sections, placenta previa, abnormal presentations, multiple pregnancy, health issues of mother (such as heart disease, pre-eclampsia or genital herpes

• Emergency caesarean Performed during labour due to a perceived medical

complication, such as prolonged labour or failure to progress (dystocia), failed labour induction, cord prolapse, uterine rupture, foetal distress

C- Section rates in OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-

operation and Development) countries

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Forceps Delivery

Forceps/Forceps Themes

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Vacuum (Ventouse) Extraction

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Superconductive Survival System

Self-limiting beliefs

Distorted perception

Inappropriate behaviours

Diminished consciousness/

possibilities

Flooding of stress hormones

Activation of dense neural

pathways

Stress stimulus

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