13 THE LABOR
Many people wonder why, if the human being is the most evolved biological form of nature, yet it is so difficult to complete childbirth without going through great pains and difficulties? It is true that one of the causes is the greater size of the head of man with respect to the rest of the species due to the fact that he has a larger brain in proportion. But it is absurd to think that nature did not foresee this, because in reality most of the increase in the brain takes place inside the skull and animals usually have only a small part of the skull occupied by the brain while in man it occupies it by complete, this means that the proportional size of the head in man is not too different from that of animals. The real explanation is that humans stubbornly try to treat pregnant women as if they were sick when that is not true.
The moment of delivery is very delicate, because the baby has to pass through a very narrow duct, this means that only when all possible resources are offered can the delivery come to an end correctly. However, considering that the woman is ill, he opts to ask her to lie down in a horizontal position. This is a serious mistake, because at that delicate moment the doctor must use all the means at his disposal for the good of the mother and her child, but by asking him to lie down, he renounces an excellent resource that was used in ancient times, because in the past it was very normal for women to give birth in a vertical or partially vertical position, in this way it was possible to use gravity to their advantage, because in a vertical position whether the mother pushes or rests, gravity continues helping to achieve delivery.
Through the use of gravity, the weight of the baby goes from being an inconvenience to working in favor of delivery, because in a horizontal position the weight is a hindrance, because the pressure of gravity is not directed towards the birth canal but towards the back, which nullifies its usefulness. In this situation, the only thing that can make the baby advance is the effort of the mother, but in an upright position, gravity acts in the same direction as the birth canal, thus facilitating its conclusion. If it were done in this way, the woman would have the help of the baby's weight to complete the birth, instead of acting against it. This shows that it is not nature but human stubbornness and the interest in seeking the comfort of the doctor that is making childbirth difficult, because you don't have to be very intelligent to understand that if women were to adopt the upright position at the time of delivery giving birth to the whole process would be made much easier.
We must also take into account the serious damage that a woman can suffer if she gives birth lying down, because in the horizontal position the blood pressure is much higher than in the vertical position, and if we take into account that at that moment the nervous tension adds to blood is created without the risk of stroke or other damage. It is surprising that doctors knowing this, a method that leaves so many women dead every year has not yet been changed. Ideally, when giving birth, the woman should adopt an intermediate position, neither totally vertical nor totally horizontal, as if she were sitting but slightly tilted back, thus, with the head elevated, the brain would not suffer any damage from the pressure blood. In addition, in that position, gravity would be an ally in favor of the delivery and she could give birth completely comfortably and relaxed.