Freedom of Movement in Birth Places

Bianca Lepori
Institute of Psychology National Research Council, Italy

Citation: Lepori, Bianca (1994). "Freedom of Movement in Birth Places." Children's Environments 11 (2): 1-12. Retrieved [date] from http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/

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Abstract

A place designed for childbirth should nowadays guarantee the security offered by technology without denying freedom of expression to, the woman. This article will discuss the conflict between the humanization of the hospital birth environment and the spatial requirements imposed by a pathological definition of birth. Traditional institutional birth settings will be analyzed and new models, which support the active participation of women in the birth process, will be described.

Keywords: birth environment, body postures, physiological birth, delivery room, labor room