Miracles of the Quran: The Contraction Motion That Facilitates Birth

This episode talks about how verse 23-25 from Surah Maryam (chapter 19) in the Quran describes how Mary (peace be upon her) shook the palm tree during labor which facilitated her birth process. It discusses how modern medicine shows that squeezing or pulling on objects during labor helps the baby's movement through the birth canal by using the same muscles. It mentions how a U-shaped bar called a "squat bar" is used today during labor to help with squatting motions, keeping the mother immobile, and allowing for more room in the pelvis through expansion and contraction. The shaking of the palm tree branches by Mary (peace be upon her) similarly helped her birth process through this pulling and movement.

Questions:

1. What Surah and verses from the Quran are mentioned in the episode?

2. What object does modern medicine show can help facilitate labor when squeezed or pulled on?

3. What is the U-shaped bar used during labor called?

4. How did shaking the palm tree branches help Mary (peace be upon her) according to the episode?

Notes;

1. http://pregnancy.about.com/cs/laborbasics/a/squatting.htm

2. http://parenting.ivillage.com/pregnancy/plabor/0,,midwife_8swr,00.html?iv_arrivalSA=

1&iv_cobrandRef=0&iv_arrival_freq=1&pba=adid=16657989