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现代分娩术的先驱
现代分娩术由医学先驱所创造，他们中有：
格兰特雷·迪克-瑞德
(Grantley Dick-Read，1890-1959),
英国产科医生，他认为分娩期间的大多数疼痛是由于不必要的肌肉紧张所导致的结果。他创造了“自然分娩法”（"natural childbirth"），其方法是训练（产妇）在身心方面都得到放松。
费尔南·拉马兹(Fernand Lamaze
，1890-1957),
法国产科医生，他发展出一种叫“训练分娩法”（"educated childbirth"，也叫心理助产法——译者注），并得到了广泛的效仿。这种方法基于分娩为遭遇压力的假定所设计，并且把产妇积极参与分娩的准备作为最好的应对措施。
罗伯特·布拉德利(Robert Bradley，
1917-1998),
美国产科医生，他发展出“丈夫教练分娩法”（"husband coached childbirth"）。这个方法运用强化训练课程，让丈夫指导孕期的妻子学会放松。课程所花费的时间远比心理助产法所需时间长，可是许多夫妇却乐此不疲。该分娩法的目的是通过放松的指导活动，拉近孕期的妻子与丈夫身体和精神上的距离，而在妻子分娩时不使用任何药物。（毋庸置疑，将它称为“父亲教练分娩法”更为客观，因为并不是所有孩子的父亲就是其母亲的丈夫，反之亦然）。
弗瑞德瑞克·勒博耶
(Frédéric Leboyer，1921-1986),
法国产科医生，他提出了一种叫“无蛮力分娩法”（"birth without violence"，也叫勒博耶分娩法——译者注）。这种将焦点集中在孩子的方法旨在维持分娩的自然过程。自然状态下，胎儿已经习惯于生活在母亲的子宫内：在幽暗和静寞的环境中与母亲保持着接触。所以，产房被设置成幽暗气氛，一盆温暖的清水等待着小宝宝，全体医务人员被要求保持安静。在这种氛围下，宝宝安静地诞生了，睁着大大的眼睛，发出咯咯的欢快声。然后，他们立即被置于母亲的肚皮上，其脐带仍保持着完整，直到他们的呼吸顺畅时才被割断。过一会儿，宝宝得到母亲温柔地按摩，继而被浸浴在温水里。考虑到新生儿的娇弱特性，整个分娩程序的目的是减少“分娩损伤”。
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Pioneers of Modern Childbirth
Modern childbirth was made possible by pioneering physicians. Some of them are:
Grantley Dick-Read
(1890-1959), a British obstetrician, who believed that most of the pain during delivery was the result of unnecessary muscular tension. His method of "natural childbirth" was designed to produce relaxation through training in the proper physical and mental attitude.
Fernand Lamaze (1890-1957), a French obstetrician, developed the method of "educated childbirth". It has gained a wide following. This method rests on the assumption that labor is a situation of stress, and that the woman's active participation is the best way of coping with it.
Robert Bradley (1917-1998), an American obstetrician, developed the method of "husband coached childbirth". This method uses an extensive training course in which the future mother learns to relax under the guidance of the father. The course takes much longer than the one used in the Lamaze method, but many parents a,e enthusiastic about it. The aim is a new physical and psychological closeness between mother and father and a birth without the use of drugs of any kind. (It would undoubtedly be more objective to call this method "father coached childbirth" since not all fathers are husbands and not all mothers are wives.)
Frédéric Leboyer (1921-1986), a French obstetrician, introduced a new method called "birth without violence". This method, which focuses on the child, is aimed at maintaining the natural processes with which the fetus has lived inside the mother's womb: darkness, silence, contact with the mother. Therefore, the delivery room is only dimly lit, a bath of warm water is prepared, and the medical staff is trained to perform quietly. In these surroundings, the babies are born quiet, wide eyed, and gurgling happily. They are then immediately placed on their mother's stomach. The umbilical cord is left intact and is cut only when breathing has been well established. For a while, the mother gently massages her child who is subsequently bathed in warm water. The entire procedure is aimed at lessening the "birth trauma" and takes into account that the newborn child is a highly sensitive person.
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