European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Age 18 the stars and stripes february makes labor easier birthing chair is returning Cleof Onn Landers new York not it is an idea whose inc came thousands of years went out for Western two centuries ago and now icbms on the verge of a the premise that women were intended to ivc birth sitting or squatting and not lying Jown As they have done Ever since 1738 when Francois obstetrician to the Queen if proposed facilitating the physicians task by having patients recline for with the recognition that delivering in a position using Gravity aids both Mother and a version of the old fashioned birthing has been introduced at 150 hospitals in the United the said to be the Only one of its kind made in this is manufactured by the Century manufacturing of it resembles a danish modern folded chair set High on a Pedestal and houses a motor to Al lower and tilt the it has been on the Market Only since september and so far has mainly been sold in the an obstetrician from Carlo a first described the Nebraska product to physicians at Lenox Hill Hospital in manhat Warner an attending obstetrician at convinced administrators to acquire one on a trial the husband of an enthusiastic patient subsequently donated it to the the chair costs More than 50 women have used it since its installation in women naturally choose the vertical Posi because that the Way the exp live forces of nature Nash the sitting position is More easier and we have found that it shortens the second stage of labor the delivery of the baby after the cervix is fully dilated by 50 two thirds of the women who have used it have pushed for less than 25 and most of the others for less than 45 compared to the hour or hour and a half it usually takes for a first but the most significant Factor is the Comfort it Hugh director of obstetrics and said that he would withhold final judgment on its merits until it had been used by More it May not be suited for every he it is up to us to find out which ones will Benefit most from so we arc now recording the impressions of both Doc tors and it does seem to shorten the second stage of but it is More impressive with women who Are giving birth for the first time and who tend to have longer labors than women who have previously Given although it is said that the chair can safely be used when local anaesthesia and even general anaesthesia arc it is Best appreciated by the woman having natural when Jeri Green of Cliffside went to Sec Nash Early in he told if you can just hold out one More ill have a special chair for she As it turned Green delivered 7pound 4 ounce Brooke Dara on just in time to be the first patient to use the that made it so easy and fast seven minutes in All from the time i got into the chair to the time the baby was she i actually started pushing while i was being wheeled into the delivery so i was Able to after so almost compare what it was like lying Down and sit Ting she when i was moved into the i Felt As if my Back was in the right position and something was braced under my thighs so my legs were in the right All i had to do was hold on and the doctor was in front of my husband was next to me and i could see it was health effects on vat users to be studied Washington up the newspaper Guild has announced a wide ranging study of the health effects of operating video display terminals commonly used by reporters and Edi tors in Guild president Charles Perlik said the in conjunction with mount Sinai school of Medicine in new York will involve about both cd users and non he said four to six Guild locals in the United states and Canada will the terminals Are electronic devices with television like screens and keyboards similar to they Are used with computers to transmit written Perlik said the study will include Eye radiation a questionnaire for vat opera tors if the questionnaire results justify full scale medical it should begin to provide a definitive answer As to whether dts produce cataracts or other damage to the eyes As Well As answer persistent questions about other possible effects of among other Perlik he said if the first phase of the study turns up significant mount Sinai will seek Money for full medical checks of the affected Perlik said the study will be coordinated with an investigation mount Sinai and the workers Institute for safety and health plan into effects of radiation in the the Guild will go beyond the Bounds of the that across 39 1 american 40 Uncle 4 son Lump 41 in yarn 45 8 red horse 48 12 Shoshone an 50 13 jail unit 51 14 aware of 15 of the Rural 52 South 17 at hand 53 18 body Organ 19 morose 54 21 dutch Uncle 22 appear 55 26 barter 29 for one 30 you my Sunshine 31 Moses 32 Type of leather 33 English theologian 34 in France 35 fish part 36 penetrate 37 improvement salutation inferior horse hysteria separate Urban area Jai Typ of exam starting Point like some excuses scottish 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in recent weeks this fact turned up both in Good housekeeping and Home what a stigma for those of us who have had to undergo this Type of adjust to an Early menopause and Deal with the eve present fear of More v Reader dear faithful it is True that women who have had Many sexual partners Are More Likely to have cervical but it does not mean every woman who had cervical cancer was you Are living proof of this so Stop putting yourself and others in a bag where you dont dear Ann Landers some thing occurred on a plane trip this week that disturbed me Ter a Young family sat in the seats ahead of us parents plus babe in arms and a Twoy Earold the baby but for the Little boy the trip was just he was tired and the journey was a Long the child became irritable and started to his Mother and father took turns slapping him for the father Shook the youngster As if he were a rag plopped him on the seat and head him Down until he cried himself to we Are a military family and have flown All Over the world with our three we Al ways carried storybooks and cuddly toys for them to hold while they were buckled it required very Little and our children were never a bit of my husband was so upset by what he saw he asked me to say something to the Childs Mother before we got off the i tried to get up the nerve but i was if the occasion should arise in the what should i say Reader from dear Fairfax i travel a great Deal and have seen what you have both on planes and in i have had no hesitation about saying to such your child is not mis he is just overtired like please try to under stand and be More dear Ann Landers i thought youd like to know that the letter from the Young Man who embarrassed about being in de endowed and signed him self Rhode Island created a sensation on the West a los Angeles columnist printed an item saying Milton who suffers from the same problem in wrote to Ann Landers and signed his letter so now you Are an overnight gemini dear Gem and to think it Only took 25 years