What women need to understand is that midwives
define normal birth by what is good for THEM, not what is good for women or safe for babies, and certainly not by what is actually normal.
The World Health Organization says, «
We define normal birth as: spontaneous in onset, low - risk at the start of labour and remaining so throughout labour and delivery.
Not exact matches
Holly Powell Kennedy has previously «
defined»
normal birth.
It's self - serving because «
normal birth» is
defined as what midwives can do autonomously, not by what is best for babies and mothers.
Normal birth:
defined by the Maternity Care Working Party14 as
birth without any of: induction of labour; epidural or spinal analgesia; general anaesthetic; episiotomy; forceps, ventouse, or caesarean section
While I agree that one person can't
define what is traumatic for another, it's pretty irritating to read posts from women who had
normal, healthy
births without permanent damage to themselves or their babies complain about not getting the
birth experience they wanted.
Dystocia in the Bitch and Queen with Jenna Dockweiler, DVM, DACVT Dystocia is
defined as pathologic or difficult labor, where
normal delivery of the fetus through the
birth canal is impaired.