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Contracted Pelvis from rickets, historical beginning of hospital-based
childbirth, babies in nursery
Routine or 'preemptive' use of Episiotomy & Forceps delivery, damage to mother's
pelvic floor musculature
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Pelvis ~ due to rickets diet deficient in Vit D and calcium |
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| Letter "J" shape/angle of birth canal goes UPHILL when mother is on her back (lithotomy position) so doctor can use forceps | |
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| When nature use of gravity is not used or fails | Angle of pull is straight towards ceiling! |
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Crushing
injury caused by forceps blade,
which severed one the most important muscles of mother's pelvic floor |
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