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Lot's of home birth discussion latelySubmitted by Enelesn on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 2:42pm.
this is an article from the Baltimore City Paper I just read today and thought might be of interest to some of us... Heh. Actually I was archiving that -- it had been on the front page since early March & I was making way for some other things. Total coincidence that it popped up in the list of newly responded to stuff! As it's not a blog (and not written by me, for that matter, but an opinion piece), here's the permanent location: http://www.hipmama.com/node/37391. "Do not forget. Remember and warn." this snip, Although everything ended well, Noah's shoulder got stuck, and Jacobson, along with husband Mike and doula Bobbie Humphrey, spent a terrifying couple of minutes trying to dislodge the baby before he suffered oxygen deprivation. Noah's birth was one of the 5 percent where complications arise, but Jacobson is confident that her animal instincts saved the day: Although her helpers urged her to remain on her back, she says, "I just felt the overwhelming urge to stand up--when I finally did, he just fell out of me. Bobbie actually dove down and caught him!" made me cry a little-- I just love how she listened to her body and it did EXACTLY what was needed. LOVE it! And holy hell, 42% rate for c-section at that hospital in MD?! ouch. My partner's best friend and his wife (edited to add: they live in Baltimore) are expecting next month, I hope they aren't going there (I know they are having hospital birth). I am currently reading Birth by Tina Cassidy. Very informative book on the progression of birth through the thousands of years that women have doing. I would highly suggest it to everyone. Not really an opinion driven book but a fact filled semi textbook. Thanks for posting it. There were a lot of stats in there that I wasn't aware of. And just a little side snipet -- I wanted to say that with all this discussion about hospital vs. homebirth, I am having a hard time. I was talking to Velma about it yesterday, cause I just need to learn to keep my mouth shut sometimes, but it's so damned hard, cause I really had to fight, for almost my whole pregnancy, to get the kind of birth that I wanted -- which was just that I wanted to be at home, and be left alone. I feel like that fighter is still in me, and any time that anyone says anything against it...I react in this defensive way again. "Fundamentally the markswoman aims at herself" DT Suzuki even when I am not responding to the same blog. um don't stop at all.. This is what makes the debate even more interesting for me. Thank you for speaking up! I think your opinion is absolutely valuable!!!!! After all, if we don't speak up, even in the face of disagreement, nothing will ever change. As for being defensive...well, I have a hard time with that too. And I think it's almost impossible not to be defensive about something like this--- so deeply personal like childbirth. Is there anything that is MORE personal??? I don't think so. I think your passion is well placed. (I would say the same for someone who had the opposite opinion too, by the way, even if I don't agree with that position at all!). but, see, i love that about you. and i mean it when i say that your fierce words of encouragement are what kept me moving towards my vbac 2 years ago. especially when i've been through something and feel like it was some sort of trial or lesson to be learned from it. but something i feel more and more being on the hipmama blogs and reading all of the posts is that this isn't all about me and my particular ride/case/trouble/history... everyone and every circumstance is different and when it boils down to it for me, this is all about the support. i do what i fel is best for me and it feels good to have a place to come to where people can say, yeah, good for you. or you aren't alone. or here's my experience. or even, i don't agree or understand, but i'm sorry you're dealing with - whatever! thank you for posting this! |
Sometimes it stops me, cause you just said it all..
that Susan posted?
"Fundamentally the markswoman aims at herself" DT Suzuki