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Fear may increase length of labor

Washington : DC : USA | Jul 02, 2012 at 11:55 AM PDT
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Based on their answers to questions about childbirth that they gave when they were 32 weeks pregnant, 165 women (about 8 percent) were classified as fearful. Those women spent more time in labor than did those who were not fearful: eight hours, on average, compared with 6 hours 28 minutes. FULL ARTICLE AT Washington Post
 
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