CHILDBIRTH
(See also Babies; Childbearing; Illegitimate Births; Pregnancy)
abortion rejected: w75 192; g74 8/22 23; g71 1/8 25-26
at home: g80 9/22 27-28; g77 5/8 29; g77 12/8 30; g76 8/22 16-22; g74 6/8 21-24; g72 11/22 29-30
home and hospital births compared: g77 4/8 29
baby’s early contact with mother: fl 87-88; g78 7/22 26; g77 8/22 6-8; g77 12/8 15; g76 7/8 30; g75 11/8 31
benefit of peaceful, quiet atmosphere: g77 4/8 29
birthing chairs: g82 8/22 30; g81 4/22 30; g71 6/8 31
birth is the most endangering experience to which most individuals are ever exposed (quote): g84 6/8 27
birthstools: g81 4/22 30; g80 9/22 26; g72 11/22 13-14
blood going to baby’s lungs: g80 5/22 7
blood transfusion avoided: yb71 186-187, 274-275; yb70 166-167; g70 11/22 12-15; g69 8/22 22-23
book Birth Without Violence: g75 10/8 30-31
Brazil:
birth of oversized baby boy: g83 3/8 30
breast-feeding: g83 6/8 20-22; g83 9/22 28; g83 12/22 30; fl 89; g77 8/22 6-8; g76 4/8 5-8
cesarean sections: w75 158-159
Brazil: g79 1/22 31
many unnecessary: g85 5/8 29-30; g80 2/22 29
chart “girl or boy?”: w82 2/15 5
childbed fever: w75 134-135
childbirth by children: g70 6/8 3-4
cost: g79 3/22 31; g64 1/22 31
‘day of death better than day of one’s birth’ (Ec 7:1): w81 2/15 20-22, 30; w58 495; w57 471
death statistics:
babies: g74 6/8 21, 23
mothers: g74 6/8 21, 23; g46 5/8 22-23
number per year from complications of: w83 8/15 31
description: g80 5/22 9; g77 6/22 11-12; g74 2/8 14-15
despite hysterectomies: g79 8/8 29
discussion: g80 9/22 24-28; fl 83-84, 87-89; g74 2/8 14-15; g73 2/22 16-17; g73 7/8 7-8; g72 11/22 13-16; ad 236-237
effects of—
alcoholism: g75 9/8 30
blood transfusions: g77 10/8 30; w61 563; bd 26-27
drug addiction: g71 1/8 30-31; g70 4/8 30
drugs taken during: g83 12/8 14-15; g74 7/8 14
measles (rubella): w75 191-192
music during: g75 7/8 30
radioactive fallout: g61 11/8 12
father’s presence at time of: g83 12/8 14-15; g79 4/8 9-12
fertility rate by country: g82 8/8 30
first-person account of preparing for: g77 6/22 11-12
handicapped from: g73 6/22 28-29
“happiness hormone”: g80 9/22 27
history: g72 11/22 13-16
hormone injections: g74 1/22 13, 16
induced labor: g74 1/22 16
Law covenant: w68 735-736
midwife:
Christian view of practicing without a license: w83 8/15 31
experience in using: g74 6/8 22-23
miracle of: g73 7/8 7-8
multiple births: g74 1/22 13; g73 3/8 31; g73 3/22 30; g67 4/22 31; g65 10/22 29; g63 10/22 31; g61 9/22 29; g48 10/8 10-11
Muslims: g52 12/22 19
naming babies: g65 8/8 20-23
natural: g79 4/8 9-12; fl 87-89; w60 287; g54 7/8 21-23
pain: g80 9/22 24-28; ad 1017-1018; g65 5/8 23-24; w60 287; w54 415; g48 10/22 17-19
parthenogenesis: w82 2/15 4-5; g71 12/22 8
placenta (afterbirth): g84 10/22 30
potential health dangers: w75 191-192
practices: g72 5/22 29
premature: g72 9/8 30; g68 8/22 3-4; w67 391; g62 9/8 30
prenatal care: g81 7/8 5-10; g63 11/22 30; g58 5/22 9-12; g50 12/22 22-23
prenatal influence: g84 6/8 26-27; g81 7/8 6, 8; w50 420, 431-432; g50 12/22 21-23
prepared childbirth (Lamaze technique): g83 12/8 13-15
Rh factor and disease:
cases: g70 11/22 12-15; g69 8/22 23; g60 11/8 20-22; g59 3/22 22-23; g58 1/22 19-20; g56 12/8 16; g53 1/22 7; g52 2/22 27-28
cause: g65 4/8 17, 19; bd 25-26
dangers of exchange transfusions: g69 8/22 23; g68 3/8 23; g68 8/22 4; g60 11/8 20-23
discussion: g65 4/8 17-19; bd 25-26; g60 11/8 20-22
prevention: w78 6/15 30-31; w74 351-352; g68 7/8 16; g67 12/8 29-30; g65 4/8 18-19; g56 12/8 16
treatment: g76 1/8 29; g71 12/22 30; g70 11/22 13, 15; g69 8/22 23; g68 3/8 23; g68 7/8 16; g68 8/22 3-4; g65 4/8 19; g58 1/22 19-20
safety: g74 6/8 21-23; g70 5/22 29
statistics: g77 9/8 5-6; g74 7/8 13; g74 11/8 9; g72 4/22 30; g68 4/8 30-31; g68 5/22 31; g67 5/8 30; g67 6/22 30; g67 9/8 3-6; g65 2/8 30; g65 12/8 31; g64 6/8 17; g63 8/22 30; g62 5/8 30; g62 5/22 31; g62 6/22 31; g62 7/22 31; g61 4/8 30; g61 5/22 30; g61 8/22 30
Germany, Federal Republic of (West): g79 7/22 30
Norfolk Island: g76 11/8 30
United States: g77 4/22 31; g76 1/22 31
stillborn: g72 5/8 30; w69 223-224
superstitions: g61 1/22 20-21; g58 10/22 20; g57 8/8 22-23
underwater: g80 2/22 29
unexpected: g69 2/8 31
vertical: g78 8/22 30; g71 6/8 31
while in coma: g80 12/22 30; g78 4/8 29
woman with two wombs: g82 1/22 29-30