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...most doctors--in the U.S. at least--argue that walking during labor is just a fad. It's much safer, they say, for the expectant mom to take to her hospital bed immediately, where the risk of falling is low and it is easier to monitor the baby...
Twenty years ago, many doctors encouraged their patients to walk during labor. Then they started using electronic monitors on a regular basis. But the monitors, which measure the baby's condition during delivery, tethered the mother to a machine, making it impossible for her to walk. Physicians and nurses became more dependent on the high-tech instruments--though studies have shown that using a specialized stethoscope during routine deliveries is just as good at measuring a baby's vital signs as an electronic monitor...
...August 1997, Shattuck wrote an article for The Christian Science Monitor that emphasized the importance of punishing those in Rwanda guilty of committing atrocities...
...COZY FOR YOUR MONITOR...
Feeling like an office drone trapped in a dull gray cubicle? Monimals USA of Scottsdale, Ariz., has developed furry monitor covers in cow, moose, lion and sheep motifs to help cheer you up. Sold with matching screen savers, Monimals ($20 or $27 each) keep dust at bay and are great for generating water-cooler buzz...