So many women DON'T believe they can birth well. They are so afraid of the pain and afraid of something going wrong. Then is becomes a self fulfilling prophecy and they are then so thankful they had the obstetrician. I, also, am so frustrated at the choices sometimes but it will take a huge shift in birthing culture to change that. It is like eating the proverbial elephant, one bite at a time, converting one family at a time. We need some more high profile homebirthers like Elle McPherson who would be prepared to tell about it in the popular press. This may help some but not all. Cheers Judy
--- Dan & Rachael Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I get so fustrated when I know people who choose subordinate > (in my opinion) > levels of care. What I mean is, healthy women who choose care > under an > obstetrician. They get roped into the high tech repeated u/s, > monitoring, > for the "just in case" ignorant way of thinking. They end up > having highly > intervened vaginal births (but they see as 'natural birth' > because it is > vaginal) or worse a necessary unnecessary cs. Does this make > sense? > > I have been up most of the night stewing over this, because a > 4 of my > rellies have recently choosen this type of care to end up with > the same > results... and they think I'm weird because I choose to birth > at home! OK > so I'm a midwife (new at the game, but still), so maybe the > extra knowledge > helped me to make 'good' or appropriate choices for me, but > what stops women > from investigating choices for themselves? Why do they so > blindly give > themselves to medical men in every sense of the word? Do women > really > believe that they don't have the power to birth themselves and > that they > really need help? Do they really think nature got it that > wrong? AHH!! > > How do you get 'over it'? How do you talk with these women > about birth in > social conversatin without lecturing them? > > Hope this makes sense.. i'm tired! > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or > unsubscribe. > Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
