1y ago

TIL this Fun Fact: Unfortunately, Chainsaws Were Invented for Childbirth

www.pharmacytimes.com Fun Fact: Unfortunately, Chainsaws Were Invented for Childbirth

Although childbirth remains a difficult, often stressful experience for mothers, the advent of opioid medications for labor pain relief and the use of appropriate sanitation methods has made childbirth far safer for mothers than was possible during previous periods in history.

So... yep.

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TIL chainsaws were invented for childbirth.

www.pharmacytimes.com /view/fun-fact-unfortunately-chainsaws-were-invented-for-childbirth

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Jesus Christ, I always said obgyn tools seem to look like medieval torture devices but this takes the cake
- Many of them weren't designed with their patients comfort in mind, and haven't changed in many years. Its definitely improving but not nearly as fast as it should.

Nope, for cutting bone
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chainsaw
That article is pretty inaccurate overall... people have reliably lived beyond 40 for thousands of years
- That wiki entry literally says that it was designed to help during childbirth…
  “for symphysiotomy and excision of diseased bone, respectively.”
  Follow the link for symphysiotomy and it says “Symphysiotomy is a surgical procedure in which the cartilage of the pubic symphysis is divided to widen the pelvis allowing childbirth when there is a mechanical problem (obstructed labour).”
- Yeah, this a common misconception (no pun intended?). The average life expectance was 40 because so many children died during childhood. If you lived to 20, you likely lived til you were 70.

Won't those medications reach the baby if the labour takes too long?

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