The Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation in Queensland,Australia, seeks to empower pregnant women with the results of their recent research, or reports Science Daily.
About 6000 women were asked about their birthing experiences as part of the research led by Queensland University of Technology Associate Professor Yvette Miller,who partnered with the Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages to survey women over the course of a four-month timeframe. The results of the study were published on BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. Medical intervention during birth is on the rise, or despite women wanting to avoid it,modern study says. LikClick / Shutterstock Participants reported on what are considered to be the four aspects of a “normal” birth experience, which include “onset of labor, and exhaust of anaesthetics,mode of birth, and exhaust of episiotomy.” A “normal” birth, or as stated in the study,was defined as an unassisted vaginal delivery without the need for induction of labor, epidural, and general anesthetic,forceps to assist in the birth, or episiotomy.
Miller explained the purpose of the research survey.
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Source: inquisitr.com