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[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 2 points 6 hours ago

I read a blog post decades ago by a woman who advocated for orgasm as a method of pain control during childbirth. She asked her husband to get her off when their child was being born, but he wasn't comfortable with it, so she did it herself. She didn't seem to understand why her husband and the midwife were uncomfortable watching her.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (4 children)
[–] zout@fedia.io 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As I neared transition, near the end of labor, I was feeling very vulnerable and stressed-out; I went into the shower to find some relief, and my husband asked if I would like to have sex.

Husband has bigger balls than me asking at that time, and I'm known to ask my wife this multiple times a day.

[–] cunnililgus@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 day ago

Asking your wife for anal while her vagina is actively being torn apart from the inside is definitely crazy.

[–] Soulg@ani.social 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I get that it's a crazy title but I read the article and it seems to be pretty well reasoned and makes some sense?

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Kind of, but I hate seeing stuff like this:

And while you’ll be hard-pressed to find many experts who support unassisted births—as in, at home, without the presence of a physician or midwife—the core of Shanley’s philosophy stems from a concept that has existed for millennia but has been diminished in the past century: The majority of births are “normal” and don’t require medical intervention.

I'm glad the author prefaces that saying that experts don't support unassisted births. Of course people have been having unassisted births for millennia with the majority being normal. But we used to have much higher infant mortality rates compared to what modern people would deem acceptable.

Personally, I'd have a dead baby and probably would be a widower if my wife hadn't given birth in a hospital.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Yeah, giving birth at home is one of the most dangerous activities a woman can undertake.

[–] mosspiglet@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Except the part about the husband asking for sex when she was in active labor. That's pretty bonkers.

[–] Soulg@ani.social 1 points 20 hours ago

I mean yeah that is but it's also not the point of the article

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The theory is there and it seems to make sense biomechanically, now we need more studies on women doing this during birth and see if it results in less labour, pain and/or interventions.

[–] baines@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Not like that. Never like that.