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Every birth should be registered with the government to obtain a birth certificate which act as the main legal document for a citizen in Sri Lanka. The name of the child (which is given by the parent), details of the mother and the father will be entered in the birth certificate.
Being upright during labour and birth can increase the available space within the pelvis by 28–30% giving more room to the baby for rotation and descent. There is also a 54% decreased incidence of foetal heart rate abnormalities when the mother is upright. [ 9 ]
Continuous labour support may help women to give birth spontaneously, that is, without caesarean or vacuum or forceps, with slightly shorter labours, and to have more positive feelings regarding their experience of giving birth.
Women giving birth in the upright position have been depicted in Asian, African, Pacific Islander, and Native American art. The birthing chair can be traced to Egypt in the year 1450 B.C.E. Pictured on the walls of The Birth House at Luxor, Egypt, is an Egyptian queen giving birth on a stool.
Women in Sri Lanka make up to 52.09% of the population according to the 2012 census of Sri Lanka. [7] Sri Lankan women have contributed greatly to the country's development, in many areas. Historically, a masculine bias has dominated Sri Lankan culture , although woman have been allowed to vote in elections since 1931 . [ 8 ]
A woman giving birth on a birth chair, from a work by German physician Eucharius Rößlin Icon Birth of Mary (detail). Russia, 17th century. In ancient Egypt, midwifery was a recognized female occupation, as attested by the Ebers Papyrus which dates from 1900 to 1550 BCE.
Generally speaking, women in Sri Lanka are responsible for cooking, raising children, and taking care of housework. [2] In families relying on agriculture, women are in charge of weeding and help with the harvest. [2] Among poor families, women also perform full-time work for upper class individuals. [2]
Mary Helen Rutnam (née Irwin; 2 June 1873 – 1962) [1] was a Canadian doctor, gynaecologist, suffragist, and pioneer of women's rights in Sri Lanka. [2] She became nationally recognised for her work in women's health and health education, birth control, prisoners' rights, and the temperance movement.