Lamaze International | |
Formation: | 1960 |
Founders: | Elisabeth Bing Marjorie Karmel |
Type: | Non-profit organization |
Purpose: | promoting the Lamaze technique of natural childbirth |
Formerly: | American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics (ASPO) |
Lamaze International, formerly the American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics or ASPO, is an organization dedicated to promoting the Lamaze technique of natural childbirth.[1] It was co-founded in 1960 by Elisabeth Bing and Marjorie Karmel.[2]