What can we conclude about emotional reactions to childbirth?
a. With the right mental attitude, a woman in labor should not find childbirth to be an uncomfortable experience.
b. There is a wide range of emotional reactions to the childbirth experience.
c. Most women's descriptions of childbirth do not emphasize the pain.
d. Despite the media images, most women report either a neutral or a negative reaction to the childbirth experience.
Question 2
According to the discussion of emotional reactions to childbirth,
a. almost all women feel that childbirth is one of the major peak experiences in their lives.
b. most women actually have little emotional reaction to childbirth.
c. most women are so physically weary that exhaustion is their primary reaction to childbirth.
d. some women have extremely positive emotions, but some women have extremely negative emotions.
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