German-born co-founder of Lamaze International taught breathing and relaxation techniques to generations of expectant mothers
Elisabeth Bing, the Lamaze International co-founder who popularised what was known as natural childbirth and helped change how women and doctors approached the delivery room, died on Friday at 100 in her New York apartment, the organisation said on Saturday.
The German-born pioneer became interested in childbirth techniques in the 1950s, when women were often heavily medicated and dads were generally nowhere near the delivery room. The cause of her death wasn’t immediately known.
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