I would like to add something to the "induction" discussion, related
particularly to natural human rhythms. I hope this does not seem too off the
subject. In my work as both hospice nurse and LC, I have noticed so many
similarities between the processes of birthing and dying.  In working with
dying people it is very common for a person to die early in the morning,
between the hours of 2 and 4AM.  Some of this has to do with physiologic
factors, but some also seems due to the fact that that time is (in natural
settings) quiet and free of distractions.  On the inpatient hospice residence
where I worked for 3 years, most deaths occurred during the night.   As
nurses we would often sit quietly, assuring that each person was comfortable
but allowing the process to proceed in its own time.  As a hospice nurse I
often felt like a "reverse" midwife!  It is such a sad thought that the
medicalizing of birth, as well as death, robs us of important, human,
experiences, some of which, I guess, we can never actually understand.
Pat Sergi-Swinehart, RN, MSN, IBCLC
Florida, southern USA



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