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swedishbadgergirl  ·  2866 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: January 18, 2017

Okay, this is one of the things that hasn't been culturally translated to Sweden.

What is it you run exactly?

In Sweden when parents are having a baby they (except in a few exceptions) have it in the hospital with a midwife and a doctor sometimes.

Now I've understood that the profession of midwifery has died out in the US, and that it is either epidural or hippy-ish stuff. (I'm generalizing, but in Sweden it is very common with laughing gas for the pain during childbirth for example which (as I have understood) is very uncommon in the US so to me it seems like there is less of a middle way)

Classes in like, breathing techniques and such are usually offered by the state healthcare system, and I think are a bit more gender equal in terms of eh... A partners role in childbirth.

But having a baby in the US seems very different.