He claimed that a male partner in the delivery room can make a woman more anxious, slowing the production of oxytocin, a hormone which helps the labour process.
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It is a labour intensive process requiring significant laboratory resource over a number of years, limiting drug companies' willingness to invest.
With most of the work done by hand without any help from modern technology, its production is a lengthy and labour-intensive process.
His involvement in the controversial selection process for Labour's mayoral candidate was particularly criticised.
The researchers suggest that the process of labour helps prepare the baby for life outside of the womb.
Even though the climate is suitable, tea-growing is simply too costly, since the process is labour-intensive and resists automation.
She also said research into the process of labour may be used to devise therapies for people who struggle to go into labour as well.
And as the Lib Dem MP John Pugh, who sat on that bill committee, pointed out, around 70 per cent of the amendments proposed by Labour during the committee process, on subjects like integration and collaboration, and then rejected, are now to be incorporated in the new improved version, by the Government.
She said Conservative plans for longer franchises were "the only credible alternative to Labour's flawed franchising process".
"It is vital that there is public confidence in the political process, " Labour MP and committee chairman Graham Allen said.
The former Labour cabinet minister said the process was capable of causing environmental risks, but with careful monitoring these may be overcome.
Dr Savage came second in Labour's PCC selection process but became the candidate when Bob Ashford stepped down because of a childhood criminal conviction.
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And the London mayor expressed his own high opinion of Ms Mayhew last autumn, when Labour's tortuous selection process was still dragging on, saying he might ask her to be in his mayoral cabinet.
Deborah Mattinson, co-founder and joint chief executive of Opinion Leader Research - which carries out polling for political parties - said older women were more likely to vote than younger women, although many older female voters were disillusioned with the political process and the Labour government in particular.
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Democracy isn't when you vote Republican, Conservative or Labour, it's the process of governing by methods chosen by the masses.
But Paul Flynn, a Labour backbencher who is in the process of setting up his own extensive Website, said he thought the party was missing out.
Indeed, given the murky gender politics that Labour's candidate-selection process is liable to throw up, Mr Dewar may find that his choice of site for the new parliament is more laden with historical allusion than he imagined.
The actual process of moving the surplus labour can be a wrench, yes.
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Health Minister Simon Burns said he was "speechless" by Ms Kendall's "sheer effrontery" given that the process had been started by Labour.
Lynne Neagle, Labour AM for Torfaen, questioned the process for implementing the recommendations as one suggested innovation in the fire services has recently been rejected by the fire fighters' authority.
But one of the attractions of the administration process - which was created by Labour when they were in power - is that it is quick.
While the Liberal Democrats have already chosen their candidate for mayor and the Tories have elected Lord Archer to stand for them, Labour has not even worked out a selection process.
"The peace process in Northern Ireland was one of Labour's proudest achievements in government, " he said.
Other supporters of the process include Tory backbencher Douglas Carswell and Labour former minister Frank Field.
There are some difficult issues ahead which are going to need more than Labour votes to become law - the new statutory process for closing and merging schools being just one example.
During Labour's long and controversy-strewn selection process to choose a mayoral candidate, former transport minister Ms Jackson formed an informal alliance with Mr Livingstone in the face of party leadership and officials' support for Mr Dobson.
Tony Blair, who as Labour prime minister oversaw devolution, told the programme the process went against his natural political leanings.
Labour AM Ken Skates questioned the minister on the accountability process for the new enterprise zones announced on 19 September 2011.
The party's 36-member executive committee, comprising constituency Labour parties, MPs and AMs, will oversee the process which is expected to take eight weeks.
The British and Irish governments have been keeping up phone contacts this week after separate talks with Sinn Fein, the Ulster Unionists and the Social Democratic and Labour Party failed to find any mechanism to move the process on.
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