By Dina Cheney, Apr 24, 2025
In the late 1950s, Marjorie Karmel published the book Thank You, Dr. Lamaze, which popularized a childbirth method introduced by French obstetrician Fernand Lamaze a few years earlier. The method was inspired by practices Lamaze had observed in Russia. In 1960, Karmel co-founded a nonprofit organization (now Lamaze International) to help promote the mission. It worked: “Lamaze is still popular and respected in [some] circles for childbirth preparation,” says Kecia Gaither, MD, MPH, associate professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at Weill Cornell Medicine and director of perinatal services at NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln.
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