This was required
reading by my midwives, and I am thankful for it.
Not exact matches
I am quite bothered
by the large discrepancy between the
midwife sources I have
read (not all Ina May Gaskin
by far), and the Skeptical OB.
Before I went to the UK in 1974, I remember
reading angry articles
by American
midwives who could not see any reason why they could not be permitted to use outlet forceps.
One of the books I just finished
reading on my tablet is Birth Matters: A
Midwife's Manifesta
by Ina May Gaskin.
I picked amazing
midwives and was preparing both mentally and physically to have her in the comfort of my bedroom
by buying all the necessary items and
reading everything I could about unmedicated births.
I'm just stating things that I've
read in preparation for labor and birth or that have been told to me
by other moms, docs,
midwives, etc..
What is particularly infuriating about the situation is that
BY DEFINITION, homebirth
midwives should ONLY be attending to women with no risk factors, yet again and again we
read about
midwives who refuse to transfer women out of their care when red flags develop.
Yet time and time again I have
read and written about homebirth loss mothers praising deadly
midwives, praising the «experience» of a vaginal birth of a dead child, refusing to cooperate in disciplining the
midwife responsible, advocating for more «freedom» for homebirth
midwives, and, most grotesque of all, choosing to risk their next child's life
by having a homebirth.
It should be
read by every medical student, every
midwife, every childbirth educator, every sociologist of childbirth, every researcher, every woman who is picking her way through the minefield of decisions that need to be made about obstetric care.
Because doctors can't sweep this information under the rug, there are public records of what happen, but you
read those Hurt
by Homebirth stories and see how many times a perfectly nice wonderful BFF of a
midwife then turns into a complete bitch when the birth goes wrong and they fear that there might be some sort of legal repercussion or bad press for them.
, people are
reading Pushed and watching The Business of Being Born, and there's a nationwide legislative «push» to license certified professional
midwives in all states (The AMA is against that, too,
by the way).
You might also like to check out her website but, as an antenatal teacher, I have found that many women are more frightened than reassured
by her first book, Spiritual Midwifery, since although the mothers» and
midwives» stories bear testament to the strength of feminine nature, some of them make harrowing
reading.
If you simply do not want to watch a birth video, that's ok too, as long as you consult with your doctor and prepare yourself for giving birth in other ways (i.e.
by taking a childbirth course,
by reading about childbirth and
by discussing your preferences for childbirth with you partner and your
midwife).
If you
read the part you quoted in context, you will see that it is a call for more studies in light of the fact that «Increasingly better observational studies suggest that planned hospital birth is not any safer than planned home birth assisted
by an experienced
midwife with collaborative medical back up, but may lead to more interventions and more complications.»
I would love to recommend a book (not sure if that's possible) which I enjoyed
reading very much about this subject; «a pleasing birth:
midwives and maternity care in the Netherlands»
by Raymond de Vries
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This outfit is a little inspired
by the fact that i've been watching and
reading all of the Call The
Midwife series which i mentioned the other day.