RT Book, Section
A1 Aristizabal, Michelle
SR Print(0)
ID 1159260332
T1 Current Barriers to Natural Birth
T2 Natural Labor and Birth: An Evidence-Based Guide to the Natural Birth Plan
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259862878
LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159260332
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  obstacles  preventing  natural  birth  practices  from  becoming  part  of  the  routine  options  presented  to  women  are  numerous  and  complex,  but  they  are  important  to  understand,  both  for  medical  providers  working  with  patients  who  desire  a  natural  birth  and  for  women  themselves  who  may  be  meeting  resistance  toward  their  natural  birth  plan.  One  of  the  harder  to  define  barriers  is  the  general  culture  of  labor  and  delivery  units  that  often  stands  in  opposition  to  the  natural  birth  plan.  That  culture  can  be  a  product  of  the  stressful,  dynamic,  and  fast-paced  working  environment  nurses  and  doctors  find  themselves  within,  but  it  is  also  a  result  of  the  way  in  which  nurses  and  resident  doctors  are  trained  and  their  own  life  experiences.  An  obstetrical  residency  is  one  of  the  most  challenging  and  often  demoralizing  residencies  a  physician  may  undergo  and  this  impacts  both  their  relationship  with  patients  and  their  approach  to  labor  management.  Obstetrical  residencies  also  rarely  include  formal  training  in  low-intervention  techniques.  This  is  because  most  training  tends  to  occur  within  busy,  high-risk  centers  which  provide  the  opportunity  for  residents  to  be  exposed  to  a  large  volume  of  delivery  and  surgical  experiences,  as  well  as  a  wide  range  of  complications  and  unusual  pathology,  but  little  time  for  the  actual  one-on-one  work  with  laboring  women  that  really  promotes  understanding  of  the  labor  process.