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In this paper the author reviews and extends his previous researches into the negative birth experience. He notes that the incidence of the negative birth experience is constant at about 30% even in asymptomatic individuals who on further enquiry admit to restrictive feelings which have effectively limited their access to a full potential. The prominence of the negative birth experience in the production of certain symptom complexes is detailed. The negative birth experience is therefore to be considered a potent inhibiting factor to be dealt with therapeutically wherever it is discovered.
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A review of the literature regarding the relationship between psychosocial stress, anxiety, and occupation on pregnancy complications reveals several interesting patterns. Specifically, emotional reactions during pregnancy (McDonald 1968; Joffe, 1969; Spielberger & Jacobs, 1976) and stress before pregnancy (Gorsuch, 1974) have been associated with a larger number of pregnancy complications such as miscarriages, prolonged labor, breech births, and premature births. With approximately 63% of women over the age of 16 working (U.S.
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The author describes a technique to ease the trauma of abortion to the mother by attempting to communicate with the fetus using hypnotic visualization. As a result, women who employed the technique experienced little or no guilt following abortion, with some having spontaneous miscarriages. Each one reported the experience as positive, and appeared to have opened the grieving process prior to the loss of the fetus, leading to an increased sense of continuity and completeness in the experience.Also discussed is a case of attempted but uncompleted abortion.
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