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Dec. 12th, 2010 04:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
squeefulfishI've been meaning to post about the MRI of a woman giving birth that popped up on the tubes a few days ago. And I can't, not really. Not without shouting, lots.
The idea, from what I can gather, was to try and figure out why babies sometimes get stuck. I think. Or it could just have been a "hey, our bioethics committee are all drunk, let's see what we can get past them this time!" thing. Now, here's a thing, the woman in that study was birthing on her back. First mistake there. Not being mobile in labour and birth, big bad idea, body moving makes the whole pelvis open up to accommodate that little human venturing forth into the outside world.
Secondly, they need to use a space in the middle of the word afterbirth. Cos otherwise what the captions read as is "placenta with placenta." But that's a minor niggle and one I'm going to graciously overlook now that I've mentioned it.
Thirdly, that looks suspiciously like a full bladder to me. It's more obvious in the after birth (look, ma, a space!) pics. Wanna know what else can slow labour? A full bladder!
Also, check out the fetching ear protection the staff have on. That's cos MRIs are bloody noisy. Clunk chlunk clink. Whrrrrr. Bang bang bang. Clunk.
And that, dear friends, is this morning's rant out of the way.
The idea, from what I can gather, was to try and figure out why babies sometimes get stuck. I think. Or it could just have been a "hey, our bioethics committee are all drunk, let's see what we can get past them this time!" thing. Now, here's a thing, the woman in that study was birthing on her back. First mistake there. Not being mobile in labour and birth, big bad idea, body moving makes the whole pelvis open up to accommodate that little human venturing forth into the outside world.
Secondly, they need to use a space in the middle of the word afterbirth. Cos otherwise what the captions read as is "placenta with placenta." But that's a minor niggle and one I'm going to graciously overlook now that I've mentioned it.
Thirdly, that looks suspiciously like a full bladder to me. It's more obvious in the after birth (look, ma, a space!) pics. Wanna know what else can slow labour? A full bladder!
Also, check out the fetching ear protection the staff have on. That's cos MRIs are bloody noisy. Clunk chlunk clink. Whrrrrr. Bang bang bang. Clunk.
And that, dear friends, is this morning's rant out of the way.
