A video, recounting the last minutes of a childbirth using an inflatable ball and a ping-pong ball, is becoming a worldwide success. Why Doctor wanted to salute this initiative, simple in its realization but revolutionary in its effectiveness on the net …
Liz Chalmers owns a birthing clinic in Seattle, USA, where her childbirth preparation classes are enjoying success that extends far beyond the limits of the Northwestern United States. With this video, she will now have a justified worldwide reputation.
This document, which reconstructs childbirth, is originally a nod to her niece who is studying in New Zealand to become a midwife. Via Facebook, it went viral with over 2.4 million views, 24,000 shares and 10,000 likes. Then she posted a version on YouTube that Why Doctor makes available to you …
In this clip, Liz Chalmers begins by placing a ping pong ball inside a deflated pink balloon. Then she inflates it, the ball falling downwards, blocks the exit of the air, simulating the placenta which blocks the entry of the uterus.
Then she gently squeezes the balloon, to simulate contractions.
“If you just press on the sides of the ball like that, there isn’t much going on at the neck of the ball, and it doesn’t open a lot.”
Its movements clearly show that the contractions are gradually helping to open the cervix. No air stream comes out of the ball and it retains its full size.
She adds that the “real contractions” occur higher in the uterus because that is where they get their energy from, thanks to the muscle fibers that pull on the walls.
Liz Chalmers continues to mimic these contractions by squeezing the top of the ball repeatedly until the ping pong ball eventually comes out, simulating the birth of a newborn baby!
No need to translate the text of this video, hailed around the world as the most accurate representation of birth… You just have to listen and especially watch Liz Chalmers!
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