Lamaze method

The practice originated in the natural childbirth movement in the US in the 1970s, alongside the Lamaze method and the popularity of alternatives to hospital birth, like water birth and home birth.

Perhaps medical facilities should begin teaching the Lamaze method to all patients in pain and see how much reduction is possible.

She was 100 when she died on May 15 at her home in New York City, where she began teaching the Lamaze method and other techniques of “prepared childbirth” more than half a century ago.

For instance, Mr. Lanker proposed attending a class in the Lamaze method of natural child-bearing, picking one of the couples there and following them through the delivery of their baby.