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The study takes into account all NHS costs associated with the birth itself - such as midwifery care during labour and immediately after the birth, the cost of pain relief in hospital, and the cost of any stay in hospital or neonatal unit immediately after the birth, either by the mother or the baby.
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It was really sad seeing her in so much pain during the birth and not being able to do anything for her.
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The first American woman to obtain a pain-free birth, Fanny Longfellow, the wife of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, was severely criticized for her choice.
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In a hospital room, she would use "yoga techniques, " massage, a "birth ball, " and music as pain management techniques.
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Women often needed to relieve the pain and frustration of giving birth by screaming and shouting - something that their partner might misinterpret.
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Women whose phobias occur after a traumatic delivery are likely to have experienced severe pain or tearing during the birth or witnessed their baby in serious distress.
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Sanders frankly describes the pain he felt when she revealed that she had secretly given birth to another child: Tito Jackson.
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When all is finished, there will be no record of the turbulence and pain which have accompanied the disappearance of White Horse Village and the birth of Wuxi New Town.
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Dr Blott also stressed that the use of forceps, or other devices to aid birth was a relatively simple procedure, which many women would prefer to enduring pain over long periods.
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