והנה למה לא
כאן אפשר לקרוא על טקסי הלידה - וביניהם החוקן (הדף הזה מדבר רק על חוקן, אבל ממליצה מאד גם על שאר האתר, שמתייחס לאלמנטים אחרים (מכסא הגלגלים דרך המוניטור והאינפוזיה, ועד האפידורל ושכיבה על הגב. אני מנסה לתרגם (ברשות) את האתר הזה, אבל זה זז מאד מאד לאט, אז בינתיים אין מנוס מאנגלית). ציטוט מתוכו:
"A substantial portion of women in labor will have bowel movements, whether or not enemas are given," especially during both early labor and pushing (Mahan and McKay 1983:247). Available evidence indicates that enemas do not in fact decrease the chances of elimination during birth nor the incidence of fecal contamination during labor, whereas they do often cause considerable pain and distress to the laboring mother (Romney and Gordon 1981; Whitley and Mack 1980). Moreover, the explusion of feces during labor does not seem to increase infection rates: in a study of 274 birthing women randomly assigned to enema or no enema groups, no difference in infection rates was found (Romney 1981), and the risk of neonatal infection was very remote (seven babies from each group showed signs of infection which may or may not have had to do with bowel organisms). Another finding of this study was that the two groups had similar durations of labor, contradicting the notion that enemas shorten labor.
