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i n d e x abortion, women’s health reform and, 144, 149. See also Jane; reproductive rights; Roe v. Wade ACOG. See American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Adriani, John: on chloroform, 96; on cyclopropane, 86; on nurse-anesthetists, 174–75; obstetric residents and, 91; saddle block anesthesia and, 100–101, 110 albolene: definition of, 197; twilight sleep and, 64 AMA. See American Medical Association American Association of Anesthetists, formation of, 87–88 American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, formation of, 83–84 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists : on cesarean delivery by maternal request, 190; description of, 197; on electronic fetal monitors , 185–86; on maternal request for anesthesia, 177–78; membership statistics, 262n59, 264n71; on obstetrician-anesthetists, 174; on vaginal birth after cesarean, 179, 259n48 American Medical Association: Flexner Report and, 62; on twilight sleep, 57 American Nervousness (Beard), 15 American Society of Anesthesiologists: on cost of obstetric anesthesia, 244n66; on maternal request for anesthesia, 177–78; Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology and, 175 American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics : childbirth education and, 167; description of, 197; on Dick-Read, 157; founding of, 156; on labor, 148. See also Lamaze, Fernand; Lamaze International; Lamaze method amphetamine, definition of, 197. See also Benzedrine ; Dexedrine analgesia: birth routine and, 135; definition of, 197; in first stage labor, 40, 84, 114, 119, 129; Pitocin and, 121; side effects, 102, 114–15. See also obstetric anesthesia Analgesia and Anesthesia in Obstetrics (Greenhill), 175 anarchapnea, 94 Andrews, Susie, natural childbirth and, 159 anesthesia, definition of, 197. See also obstetric anesthesia anesthesiologists: attitude of, toward obstetrics, 90–93, 93, 172–76; cesarean section and, 178; definition of, 197; epidural anesthesia and, 172, 194; numbers of, 90, 172; nurse-anesthetists and, 174–75, 255n15; rivalry of, with obstetricians, 174, 175; training of, in obstetrics, 90, 173–74. See also anesthesiology; nurse-anesthetists; obstetric anesthesia anesthesiology: development of, 87–88; obstetric residents and, 173; obstetrics and, 90–93, 172–76; residencies in, 90, 174. See also anesthesiologists anesthetic, definition of, 197. See also obstetric anesthesia antibiotics: effect of, on mothers’ attitude toward birth, 108, 110, 132; maternal mortality and, 77–78, 107–8. See also penicillin Apgar, Virginia: anesthetic preferences of, 86; development of Apgar score by, 103; discoveries of, 133. See also Apgar score Apgar score: development of, 103; use of, 237n91 Arms, Suzanne, on obstetric anesthesia, 160 Arney, William, 83 Aschoff, Ludwig, twilight sleep and, 59 ASPO. See American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics Augusta Memorial Visiting Nurses, home birth and, 33 baby boom: effect of, on birth practices, 114–15, 117–20, 121, 123, 124–26, 133; effect of, on hospitals , 114; explanation for, 107; labor induction and, 124–26; pressures of, 10; statistics, 107 Baker, S. Josephine: on birthrate, 53; on midwives, 19 Baldwin, Rahima, on natural childbirth, 164–65 Ballard, Martha, 16 barbiturate: definition of, 197; in first stage labor, 129; physicians’ attitude toward, 131; in rural areas, 81; side effects of, 96; Thorazine and, 128 Beard, George M., American Nervousness, 15 Beasly, John S., on obstetric anesthesia, 67 Beecham, Clayton T., on natural childbirth, 165–66 Beecher, Catherine Esther, on women’s health, 14 Bell Jar, The (Plath), 71 Benaron, Harry, on labor induction, 131 Bentley, Anna, births of, 30–31, 32 Benzedrine, use of during birth, 87. See also amphetamine Berman, Jennifer, on elective cesarean section, 188 Bing, Elisabeth, Lamaze method and, 155–56 birth: choices, 189–95; class and, 6, 30–31, 47, 48, 64–66, 79, 154, 222n52; culture and, 3, 8, 14, 15, 17, 135; in Denmark, 76, 78–79; electronic fetal monitor and, 178, 185–86, 192, 196; ethnicity and, 15, 16, 19, 48–49, 53–54, 79, 209n10; fear of, 10, 11, 15–18, 19–20, 27, 54, 79, 81, 85, 104, 108, 152, 194, 207n14; fathers’ presence during, 150–51; fathers’ views of, 31, 109, 113, 140–41, 150–51, 156–57; generational differences in, 9, 79, 135, 172, 176–77, 189, 192, 195; medical-student-attended, 100, 236n86; mothers’ control of, 8–9, 176–77, 207n20; mothers’ experience of, 2, 3–4, 7, 13, 30–36, 37, 44–47, 73–74, 80, 81–82, 89–90, 93, 103–4, 105–6, 108–9, 113, 115, 120, 122, 123–24, 125, 134–35, 136–38, 140, 143, 152, 159, 163, 168–69, 191, 194; mothers’ reluctance to discuss, 20, 30–31; as pathology, 2, 6, 28, 83–85...

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