![]() In the read along of Trends in Obstetrics from 1950, the authors examined the trend for natural birth: that is, childbirth without drugs to reduce pain and without interventions like episiotomy or forceps and ideally in a more natural setting like at home. I would like to know if the issues brought up by mothers almost seventy years ago bare any similarity to what is experienced today. If you would like to share your own birth experiences, please leave a comment or send me a message– and please let me know if you would be comfortable with me sharing the story in a future post. Ladies Home Journal followed up by publishing two articles in 1958 discussing the issue and sharing many of their readers’ stories. The editor followed the letter with a brief note asking readers to write in with their experiences. ![]() ![]() ![]() In November of 1957, a Registered Nurse wrote into the Ladies Home Journal asking them, in light of their support of women’s rights, to investigate what she called “sadism in the delivery room”. ![]()
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