The midwife's attitudes about pain and the messages she gives to women in pregnancy and during labor make a difference in the woman's experience. Consider discussing pain with your clients as opposed to pain relief. This can be seen as one aspect of the skill of keeping birth normal.
-Nicky Leap, British Journal of Midwifery, May 1997
Reprinted from Midwifery Today E-News (Vol 1 Issue 41, Oct 8, 1999)
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