I just read this article in New Yorks Naturally magazine and it stated the following:
"....Today's obstetrical practices, notably Pitocin and Epidural can result in compression in the baby's skull. This occurs because the drugs interfere with the rhythm of birth, which is based on the relationship between expansion and contraction of the plates of the baby's skull and the expansion and contraction in the mother's pelvis to enable the baby to pass thru the birth canal. With the mother's rhythm altered by the drugs, the baby's head is subjected to enormous pressure during birth, which can result in cranial compression. This in turn can put pressure on the brain and cranial nerves, among other effects. Again, the developing nervous system is compromised. One doctor likens birth under these conditions to using the babie's head as battering ram, the the Pitocin speeding up the birth rhythm. His clinical analysis of his autistic patients revealed that in 60% of the cases Pitocin was used during birth".
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How stupid I was that I went with being induced. My son is 22 months old. He had always been challenging in terms of his temperament. His gets nervous a lot and was a nightmare to nurse. Though he has not been diagnosed with Autism and doesn't show any apparent signs of it, the lingering fear of this disease is in me. I wonder if this forced labor had anything to do with the fact that he does get stressed and nervous.
"....Today's obstetrical practices, notably Pitocin and Epidural can result in compression in the baby's skull. This occurs because the drugs interfere with the rhythm of birth, which is based on the relationship between expansion and contraction of the plates of the baby's skull and the expansion and contraction in the mother's pelvis to enable the baby to pass thru the birth canal. With the mother's rhythm altered by the drugs, the baby's head is subjected to enormous pressure during birth, which can result in cranial compression. This in turn can put pressure on the brain and cranial nerves, among other effects. Again, the developing nervous system is compromised. One doctor likens birth under these conditions to using the babie's head as battering ram, the the Pitocin speeding up the birth rhythm. His clinical analysis of his autistic patients revealed that in 60% of the cases Pitocin was used during birth".
: :How stupid I was that I went with being induced. My son is 22 months old. He had always been challenging in terms of his temperament. His gets nervous a lot and was a nightmare to nurse. Though he has not been diagnosed with Autism and doesn't show any apparent signs of it, the lingering fear of this disease is in me. I wonder if this forced labor had anything to do with the fact that he does get stressed and nervous.
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