OK, so the Chelsea captain has been playing in
pain throughout the season and has
managed to play every minute of the season thus far but for some reason the
pain became to great exactly when his country needed him.
What is not yet clear is the relative contribution to birth outcomes of health professionals» attitudes, continuity of carer, midwife
managed or community based care, and implementation of specific practices (such as continuous emotional and physical support
throughout labour, use of immersion in water to ease labour
pain, encouraging women to remain upright and mobile, minimising use of epidural analgesia, and home visits to diagnose labour before admission to birth centre or hospital).