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Panelists j By JANE SHEALY News Editor The bean bag chair is now the latest word on birthing stools, . according to home birth advocate, i Rick Beatty. t Beatty was joined in a Health 5 Week discussion panel Thursday "Alternatives in Childbearing," by Dottie Stone, a certified La Leche leader; R. N. Jan Tanner; a Columbia Lamaze instructor; and Helen Burst, a midwifery advocate representing the Medical University at Charleston. Although Beatty has built a 1 birthing school and delivered his \ own child, he recommends the | bean bag chair. "You can raise the woman up or let her down by caci iiug )jk casuii; uii uic tiictll , I1UI her," he said. ALL FOUR panelists agreed on a home-type environment or live-in hospital situation. Burst, considering possible complications in delivery, advised more professional care. An instructor of nurse midwifery, Burst said that under the care of a midwife, should any complications arise which would make natural childbirth unsafe, the expectant woman is referred to a regular obstetrician. "We try to ' respect the mother's wishes within the constraints of what is safe," Burst explained. Burst also cited Ramhprt* pnuntu infant mortality statistics before and after the introduction of two midwives. "In 1975,43 babies out of Nuclear From page 1 Dave Whinship, spokesman. According to the House, Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee, nuclear power is nor a cheap energy source. In fact, unknown costs of storing the waste and safely maintaining these plants may make nuclear energy more expensive than coal, according yto the subcommittee. A well publicized power source is that of solar energy. "CORPORATIONS CONTROL science today and dictate the resources of our earth. Rewind ?0 some grim seeds to be reaped for generations, Dupont, Allied Chemicals and other major controls are disregarding mankind for profit/' Whinship said. "This is the ultimate of technological arrogance," he added. PCOGBUR SPECIAL: r -a--? vsubuum ? 1 a;.hulls sieaK Baked potato or French fi tea, or coffee. Reg. $3.38. I.D. Offer gcx OPEN Mon. thru Fri. jresent altei m Pp%^ I Jfl BsBSttMB 'Alternatives in Childbearinj discussion during Health Enricl discussed midwifery; Rick Be birth; and Jan Tanner spoke on t every 1,000 live births died. That made Bamberg medical facility Aitf /vf AO f~ ? -liA- ? # in ai uui ui to such lacuiiies serving a community of the same size. In 197fi, two midwives joined the hospital staff, Burst said. "In the following year < 1977) the infant mortality rate was 5.2 as contrasted with 43 per 1,000 per live births. That's just for anyone who questions," she said, "Are we safe?" TilE LAMAZE method of Dreoared ohilrihirfh fapiiitotoc r _ -g v.~.. WO active participation of both mother and father. Instructors teach relaxation and breathing techniques in addition to keeping the expectant woman educated as Siudeid Media it faiyoiL The GAMECOCK is the student newspaper ot the University of South Carolina and is published twice weekly on Monday and Thursday during the fall and spring semesters and once weekly on Thursday during both summer terms with the exceptions of four times in August and on University of South Carolina holidays ana examination periods. i Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editors and not those of the University of South Carolina. The University of South Carolina is an equal opportunity institution. j Change of address forms, subscription requests and other correspondence should be sent to The Gamecock, Drawer A, USC, Columbia, S.C., 29200. Subscription rates are S4 per semester and S2 for the summer sessions. i Third class postage paid at Columbia, SC. 10US s//n I N'S GRILL it. DOWNTOWN D) sandwich, 8 oz. Ribeye, 1 ies, tossed salad, Pepsi, ! Now only $2.99 with USC >d 24th - 28th 6:30 AM to 9:00 PM j rnatives in < <4iiHBHR^^8n8RfflHH^^^H^BM? Leslie Erickson--THE GAMECOCK g' was the topic of a panel timent Week. Helen Burst, left1 >atty, center, discussed home he Lamaze method. to what each stage of pregnancy means in the development of her child, said Tanner, a representative of the Columbia Association for Prepared Childbirth. Tension, a natural response to a strong stimulous, is a behavior that has to be unlearned in prepared childbirth, Tanner said. ' What this psychoprophylactic method does is to teach the woman to respond in a positive way with relaxation, rather than to fight the contractions," she said. Although Lamaze is not necessarily painless or totallv unmedicated, it does promote a physical and mental means for dealing with the discomfort of labor, Tanner said. Fic of J5& * I \)t I With I Dine ^Eh, What's u A Video Tape Cc Presentati BUGS BO April 9 a.m. to 5 p 2nd Floor L< RUSSELL H( ihildbearin Stone, a certified La Leche i Leader, advocated a prepared 1 childbirth so that techniques of La 1 Leche could be applied minutes < after birth. i I LA LECIIE literally means "the < milk." It promotes breastfeeding 1 as a bonding experience for mother and child as well as a physically advantageous relationship. "For the baby, breast milk provides optimum nutrition.For the mother, it speeds up tightening of stomach muscles and helps deliver the placenta, if that has not occurred," she said. Stone added that more medicated childbirth does not _ 11. 1 A f 1? i - anow Dreasneeamg 10 De as effective as possible. "The infant's YAMAHA I OF COLUMBIA 6029Two Notch Rd. SPECIAL 75 mpa XS360 4-strokp> ' Reg. 1100 Sale 895?? 786-1160 1 :e Delivery Best Pizza in >outh Carolina... 1 Serving Columbia for more than 25 years! 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