Advanced Childbirth Simulator

Jim Westrich westrich at miser.umass.edu
Wed Jan 22 14:57:53 PST 2003


There are just too many possibilities with this: _________

http://www.medicalplastics.com/neonatal.html

*CBS-1000 Advanced Childbirth Simulator*

Lifelike vinyl female torso with major landmarks Hand-painted outline of bony pelvis Male and female vinyl fetuses can be positioned to demonstrate cephalic or breech birth, cesarean section, vertex presentation, episiotomy and prolapse of the umbilical cord

Comes with:

One male and one female fetus Two stomach covers Three vulval inserts for episiotomy exercises Six umbilical cords and one clamp Two placentas Talcum powder and K-Y Jelly Soft carrying case

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The woman is instructed to override what her body tells her and to act and feel otherwise. How is that "misrecognition" of her own interests accomplished? More specifically, how can a person be enlisted in the incredibly difficult enterprise of resisting such powerful bodily impulses?

--Brigitte Jordan, *Birth in Four Cultures*

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