Croatian Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, and Croatian Society of Perinatal Medicine of Croatian Medical Association
Abstract
Dat je pregled položaja rađanja u primitivnih naroda te tijekom razvoja civilizacije. Prikazane su prednosti i nedostatci pojedinih načina rađanja: u ležećem položaju, u uspravnom stavu (stojeći, čučeći, klečeći, hodajući) te u vodenoj kupelji. Nema razlike između ležećeg položaja i uspravnog stava u pogledu maternalnih događanja i neonatalnog ishoda, osim što je u ležećem položaju veći broj epiziotomija. Porod u vodenoj kupelji se čini skraćenim i manje bolnim, a maternalni i neonatalni ishod se ne razlikuju prema porodu u ležećem položaju.The review of the mother’s posture during childbirth in primitive peoples and during development of civilization is presented. The advantages and shortcomings of particular maternal positions are exposed: of the reccumbent posture, of different upright positions (standing, walking, squatting, knelling) and of water birth. There is no difference between recumbent and upright postures regarding the maternal events and neonatal outcome, except of higher rate of episiotomies in recumbent position. The water-birth seems to bee shorter and less painful, otherwise the maternal and neonatal outcome does not differ in relation to the recumbent posture
