Remote and Lamaze (* 1891 in France; "† 1957) were a French physician and birth aid, who developed Pierre Vellay relaxation exercises for a natural, pain-poor birth together with the physician.

The background were the progress with the use of Analgesia with the birth. In the year 1914 in Freiburg in mash gau a combination of scopolamine and morphine had been developed, the pain and also the memory ability to the birth suppressed. The mothers woke up and found their child in the crib.

As Twilight Sleep, in Germany as dawning sleep, found this combination in the following decades until 1960 world-wide to resemblance. In the USA found tool NIST inside this method favourable, because it promoted the recovery of the mothers; conservative circles saw in a possibility promoting the birth rate and of possessing a counterweight to immigration.

Lamaze was already into the 1940er years convinced of the fact that it also natural alternatives for the application of pain means are possible. Into the 1950er years became acquainted with Lamaze on a journey into the Soviet Union a method of the psychological birth preparation. Lamaze developed from it a concept for a pain-free birth, which could fit itself in into the western culture.

After Lamaze woman can reduce the pain, if she regards the birth as positive experience and to the sore pain with purposeful breath and relaxation techniques works against. The partner possesses thereby according to Lamaze an important, supporting role. With the book Thank You, Dr. Lamaze von Marjorie Karmel in the year 1959 became Lamaze in the USA and world-wide popular.

Following remote and Lamaze was created 1960 the today's Lamaze internationally Inc., an organization for the promotion of the natural birth.

To the modern form belong also the use of warm and cold envelopes, position changes and the use of a seat ball for a more natural, upright position.

See also: Birth preparation

Literature

• Remote and Lamaze; Painless Childbirth. Psychoprophylactic Method; 1970; ISBN 0-80929-6403
• Remote and Lamaze; Painless Childbirth. The Lamaze Method; 1984; ISBN 0-80925-4239

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