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What are the two arguments for elective C-Section on demand?
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An elective c-section is actually safer than a vaginal delivery.
It is really not about safety but about a woman's informed decision and her choice to exert autonomy over her decisions. |
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What false argument has raised Brazilian C-Section rates through the roof?
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People think that problems with pubic symphysis are because of natural birth and c-sections would solve this problem
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Why is the statistic that maternal deah 4-8 times more dangerous for c-section than natural birth a little skewed?
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Because the sicker women are the ones who are having the c-sections and so they are more likely to die because of their sickness
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Who is Apollonius of Tyana?
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He was born in year 20 and had a miraculous birth because a God appeared to the mother in eastern Mediterranean aand told her she would give birth to a divine son. He became a famous teacher and gathered disciples nad was noted for his strict moral code and prophetic abilities. He was a healer and could raise people form the dead. He was considered to be a sage and he should live his life on earth and approach gods.
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Describe the Birth of the Buddha.
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Wife of King of Shakias who was the great Maya. Before her conception she had a dream about white king elephant entering her body without any pain and she bore in her womb the glory of her dynasty. She did not have problems of pregnancy. She went alone in forest and practiced trance. During her birth, child came out of her side without pain. He was born in full awareness and he even walked 7 steps already.
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How was Alexander the Great born?
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Alexander the Great was son of King Phillips II of Macedonia. He is the most reknown military leader in ancient world and descendent of Hercules. His mother is Olympias. She had a dream that thunder and lightning struck her womb and they danced about until they died down. He had a dream that he put a seal on his wive's womb and something that seemed like a lion. Thought wife was pregnant because no one puts a seal on something empty ... GREAT SON
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What is the miraculous birth of Augustus Caesar???
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He is actually named octavius but was adopted by his mother's uncle, julius caesar. Mother of Augustus said her child was fathered by Apollo and once while she was sleeping in her temple she had intercourse with a snake and because of this she gave birth at the end of her term. She thought son rose from between her thighs and after born., a senator prophesized that the man would get absolute power.
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Describe miraculous birth of Jesus of Nazarath.
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• Cultural icon: Jesus conceived by spirit of God and virgin Mary, attended by angels, crowd of shepherds heard the chorus of angels,
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What should we make of these miraculous birth stories?
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o Not meant to be treated as concrete historical documents, but told as metaphors to emphasize importance of the characters
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Couvade phenomenon -
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Term by some writers to describe on the birth of the child the father performs acts or stimulates as if he is experiencing the pregnancy
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