Word: numb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Oakley opposes the use of pain-killing injections during birth, particularly the ones that numb the lower half of the mother's body and, according to the sociologist, make her feel more like a spectator than a participant. "It is a profoundly alienating experience," she says. "The mothers felt like it was someone else's child." Her advice: proper support from husband and hospital will eliminate anxiety, and thus reduce pain to a bearable limit without drugs...