And I noticed too, that England has had a decrease in c/sections for the first time in many years ... strange about all that. The midwives over there seem to be being heard much more by the women, who are then making more informed choices.
As a lifetime passionate homebirth advocate I am very used to being part of a marginalised group. Isn't it scary to see normal vaginal birth be so marginalised as well....
I, too, will remember to breathe.
Sue
Excellent footage Justine. I was disappointed with the slant of the whole segment though. We are being presented with promotions of caesarean birth. Misinformation, misinformation, misinformation. We know that the number of women seeking elective caesarean births for their first birth is around 1% (I mean truly elective i.e. by choice with no medical/obstetric reason such as malpresentation etc.) and yet it was portrayed as being the overall c/s rate that is, around 30%. They (some of the obstetric community, not all but some very vocal and public ob's) are doing with c/s what plastic surgeons have done with botox and plastic surgery for the last 10 years. It is all about the marketplace and consumerism. Everytime we participate in their so called debate we end up in an infomercial for obstetric care and caesaren birth normalisation.
And you know I have no problem with women like Tracey Curo having the right to have an elective c/s, in privacy. It is after all their bodies not mine. Let us just not give them the space to promote it by pretending to be participating in a public debate/discussion. Please note, I am not for denying them the right to have their say, I am all for freedom of speech. I don't want to debate her womanhood or mothering abilities or even her extreme thinness. But I do not want her birth choices to become the only options for my daughters.
We seem to be in a turf war over what will a "normal" birth look like/be and the ever shrinking number of new mothers.
ooooh! I have to remember to breathe.
marilyn
----- Original Message ----- From: "jayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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itMmmmmmm, just how much is vaginal birth to blame for that serious medical issue of a weak pelvic floor?
I wish they had of gone into the evidence....they just make it sound like
is the traditionalist's word against the ob's.
Did anyone else think Tracey Curo looked painfully thin?
And Justine you have beautiful children and well done :)
Jayne
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