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As if a woman in labor could ever possibly be 'more relaxed'!

This is a thing! Lots of things can “stall” contractions, prolonging the already long and drawn out process that opens up a woman so that she can pass a child through an opening normally no larger than a pipet. Lights, beeping, iv’s, etc.

I think we have a difference of the definition of 'relaxed' in this case.

A normal definition would be along the lines of sipping mai-tais on the beach.

But in the case of active labor, then yes, you're correct. I have close family members that are quite familiar with stalled labor (30+ hours). However, in that particular case, it was due to really bad doctors.

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