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June 27th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda WEDNESDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) — Women who are afraid to give
birth tend to have longer labor than women who are more relaxed about the
process, new research suggests.
Researchers in Norway found women fearful of giving birth spent about
an hour and a half longer in labor than other women (about eight hours
compared to six and a half hours).
Fear of giving birth was also associated with a greater likelihood of
an instrumental vaginal delivery or an emergency Cesarean section.
The study was published June 27 in BJOG: An International Journal of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Researchers surveyed more than 2,200 women pregnant women, about half
of whom were going to be first-time mothers, about their attitudes toward
childbirth. About 7.5 percent of the women were afraid of childbirth.
Even after taking other factors into account that could prolong labor,
such as epidural anesthesia and labor induction, labor for the women who
feared childbirth was longer than for more relaxed women.
But, the study authors pointed out that even though women who feared
childbirth labored longer, 89 percent managed to deliver vaginally,
compared to 93 percent of women who did not fear giving birth.
“Fear of childbirth seems to be an increasingly important issue in
obstetric care,” study co-author Samantha Salvesen Adams, of Akershus
University Hospital, said in a journal news release.
“We found a link between fear of childbirth and longer duration of
labor,” Adams said. “Generally, longer labor duration increases the risk
of instrumental vaginal delivery and emergency caesarean section. However,
it is important to note that a large proportion of women with a fear of
childbirth successfully had a vaginal delivery and therefore elective
Cesarean delivery should not be routinely recommended.”
Experts note that while this study found an association between fear of
childbirth and longer labor, it didn’t prove that anxiety about giving
birth caused the longer labors.
More information
The U.S. National Institutes of Health provides more information on
childbirth.
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