{"id":112,"date":"2015-12-08T22:29:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T22:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2023-08-20T22:03:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T22:03:34","slug":"2-01-introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/lessons\/lesson-2-normal-and-emergency-childbirth\/section-i-general-information\/2-01-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"2-01. INTRODUCTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Assisting at the delivery of a baby may well be one of the most exciting things\u00a0you have a chance to do.<\/p>\n<p>Notice the word used is &#8220;assisting&#8221; at the delivery rather than\u00a0&#8220;delivering&#8221; a baby. The reason is that the mother does the delivering; birth is a natural,\u00a0normal process. It is even more a natural, normal process in some less developed\u00a0countries where you may serve. However, your assistance may make the process\u00a0more comfortable for the mother and safer for both the mother and baby. There are few\u00a0rewards greater than hearing a baby&#8217;s first cry and seeing the smile on a new mother&#8217;s\u00a0face.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assisting at the delivery of a baby may well be one of the most exciting things\u00a0you have a chance to do. Notice the word used is &#8220;assisting&#8221; at the delivery rather than\u00a0&#8220;delivering&#8221; a baby. The reason is that the mother does the delivering; birth is a natural,\u00a0normal process. It is even more a natural, normal &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/lessons\/lesson-2-normal-and-emergency-childbirth\/section-i-general-information\/2-01-introduction\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2-01. INTRODUCTION<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-112","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":542,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions\/542"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/ob-ped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}