A visit by the anesthesiologist

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9:20:36 Chitchatting
9:21:14 A Contraction's onset.
Lonnie calls upon her husband to hold her hand. The anesthesiologist's gaze shifts from Lonnie eyes to the contraction monitor.

9:21:17 One Contraction
All but the researcher have taken the full Contraction positioning.
9:21:40 Assessing the contraction
"Right off the Richter scale, Lonnie"
The anesthesiologist's gaze has returned to Lonnie's eyes. Lonnie and her husband have relaxed their bodies.
This works continues the work Mimi Cotter presented in her dissertation Labor negotiations: A study of interactions around pre-natal care and childbirth. Teachers College, 1996.
April 8, 1999