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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Codes of Training Difficult Deliveries Pregnancy generally lasts for nine months and ten days. The pregnancy period is very sensitive and full of risks because it has a bearing on the future of the growing foetus. The child in the period spends its life within that enclosure over which it has no control and can be exposed to several physical and psychological dangers.

The child will not have capabilities of himself confronting and contending with these risks. After completing the nine months in the womb successfully it has to pass through another risky phase which is delivery. The process of delivery is not easy and simple but it is very sensitive and difficult.

The child grows to a size in the nine months that particularly its head at this stage is much larger than other parts of the body that its delivery from the narrow passage of the womb becomes very difficult. The possibility during delivery is always there that the childs bones get crushed or twisted. There can also be the likelihood of the brain getting damaged due to the pressure during parturition. One expert writes: The process of delivery can possibly cause psychological defects in the child.

Psychiatrists are of opinion that the process of delivery of a child will have a significant bearing on its entire life. In their view delivery is a revolutionary change in the environment and life of the child and deprives it of the security and rest, which it had so far in the foetus. At the time of delivery fear and concern becomes a part of the psyche of the person. The future life of the person is spent imagining unknown thoughts of troubles.

The life spent in the foetus was carefree and delivery is the arrival in the travails of the world. [1] Dr. Jalali writes: When a child arrives in the world, it will be under pressure for a few hours and the most affected will be its head that will be the largest part of the body at birth. If the delivery is not normal then the arrival will be more difficult and besides the risk of the environment, the child has to face the risks of handling with mechanical instruments used during the delivery.

In such cases there is chance of infantile mortality. The illnesses like madness and paralysis in children may also me related to difficult deliveries. [2] Therefore, delivery of children is not a simple process and requires utmost care and skill to ensure safety of the mother and the child.