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MrChris80 October 23rd, 2014 6:29am

Power of positive thinking: do you think pregnant women who go into labor with confidence and a positive attitude have less complications than women who go in worried and with a negative attitude?

Probably Probably not
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MrChris80 California
10/23/14 9:40 am

Whoa, my poll closed in 9 hours. Thats a record... Maybe I should consider upgrading...

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SmileyMoM Lab Rat Vampire
10/23/14 8:46 am

More definitely than probably.

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singkitty In the cloud
10/23/14 5:32 am

Absolutely! The better the attitude the easier the delivery. If you're stressed and negative your not doing yourself or baby any favors.

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TopsQueen Oregon Coast
10/23/14 5:22 am

The mothers attitude effects the baby so I would imagine so

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mikeey1962 on SOH where else
10/23/14 4:38 am

They think they know, then when it happens it all goes out the window, that's why husbands in the delivery room get called every name in the book!

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Wink
10/23/14 8:41 am

Guilty:)

SmileyMoM Lab Rat Vampire
10/23/14 8:50 am

And men should endure some grief in labor and delivery. They should be there and they should see it all. Experience the pain you are a part of.

Getting off my soap box now.

mikeey1962 on SOH where else
10/23/14 10:02 am

Come on smiley, if men had to endure .01% of the pain of child birth, there wouldn't be anymore pregnant women!

SmileyMoM Lab Rat Vampire
10/23/14 11:30 am

Life would end because men couldn't and wouldn't do it.

bethanyq Ess Eff
10/23/14 12:03 am

Only on the margins. Most pregnancy complications occur or are in the works long before labor and delivery.

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MrChris80 California
10/23/14 12:13 am

Sure. But I wonder, first, if such a study has been done, and secondly, if worry causes stress and stress causes high blood pressure and high blood pressure leads to complications.

WildRice With a side of sass
10/23/14 6:04 am

I'm sure it does to some degree but I know that wasn't true for me. I was super pumped for my first labor but after two days of active labor I ended up with an emergency c. Where I'm sure my positive attitude helped in those days it wasn't enough

WildRice With a side of sass
10/23/14 6:05 am

... To keep everything safe enough to deliver naturally