AMA: Ricki Don't Know 'Bout Birthin' No Babies

91. kaeth do you really think midwives show up at your house with a smile and nothing else?? they come fully prepared to deal with any situation that comes up, including medicines to slow bleeding and resusitation equipment and will not hesitate to call 911 should the need arise.

Posted at 4:56PM on Jun 17th 2008 by hospitals suck

92. hospitals suck...you have NO idea what you are talking about

are you a midwife OR a doctor? where on earth is your degree giving you even the smallest amount of education relevant to such a diagnosis.

that is the type of ignorance that leads people to terrible tragedy...and you know...hospitals suck is a pretty broad statement...who do you go to when you break a leg? when you get cancer? when you have a heart attack? do you think an asperin and a hug is going to make it better in those situations? and that those doctors are out to get you too?

Posted at 4:59PM on Jun 17th 2008 by kaeth

93. my first son was born at a hospital. it was horrible. my second, at a birthing center. better, but still uncomfortable. after a textbook pregnancy (yes it is possible) and plenty of stydying, i guided two of my friends through the delivery of my only daughter 10 years ago at home in my very own bed. everything went perfect. best l & d of all. RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWRRRRRRRRR!!!

we don'eed no stinkin doctors!!

Posted at 4:56PM on Jun 17th 2008 by huny

94. Danielle, my "one experience" happened to mean the life of my son. That is the experience that matters to every woman. Sorry, but I'm not willing to risk my child's life and I never would.

Posted at 5:04PM on Jun 17th 2008 by dixiegirl

95. Dixie, you do know that cesarean birth often causes big breastfeeding problems right?

Posted at 5:00PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Danielle

96. http://www.givingbirthnaturally.com/birth-positions.html


here is just one of many sites dixie about why the position you pushed in is the worst to try to deliver in. don't let your dr's scare tactics fool you. be informed!

Posted at 5:05PM on Jun 17th 2008 by hospitals suck

97. Danielle, another uniformed comment. I breastfed my son without one issue for months. Try again.

Posted at 5:10PM on Jun 17th 2008 by dixiegirl

98. No I do not think that they show up with a smile and don't do anything. I think that if the birth is a normal birth, or that if something goes slightly wrong, that they are equipped to handle the situation. I have complete respect for them and wholeheartedly agree that if a woman wants a midwife as the primary deliverer that is her business. What I do NOT agree with is that that interaction should take place anywhere but a hospital room, where an entire staff of surgeons and specialists and a building full of life saving medication can save you and your baby if you need them.

Posted at 5:03PM on Jun 17th 2008 by kaeth

99. Oh, and Danielle, I'll take breastfeeding problems (even though I had none) over a dead baby or mommy any day.

Posted at 5:12PM on Jun 17th 2008 by dixiegirl

100. no kaeth. i choose to inform myself and researched the best option for me. and considering i am pregnant and currently under the care of a midwife who will be attending my homebirth, yes i am well aware of what she will have with her when she arrives at my house. i also know the benefits outweigh the risk. also, having given birth in a hospital 3 other times, i am well aware of what that involves as well. i am hardly ignorant. in fact i would say i am much more informed than you are when it comes to homebirths. i choose not to follow the masses and choose to do my own research on what is BEST for me AND my child. you dear, are the ignorant one.

Posted at 5:06PM on Jun 17th 2008 by hospitals suck

101. It comes down to whether or not you have the baby's health as the primary interest. The hospital can be instructed to not intervene unless completely necessary. But you know...you have backups in everything else you do don't you?

If you wear contacts don't you keep glasses in your purse? Contacts are fantastic but if you lose one, you still need your glasses.

How about just basic life...do you walk around with no tampons if you have your period? Or do you keep a backup close at hand so something really embarrassing doesn't happen?

Do you have a cell phone? Are you a woman who carries a cell phone so if she crashes her car on a deserted road she doesn't have to rely on her voice alone to get her help? A voice which 99% of the time works just fine, but in this situation is helpless?

Posted at 5:15PM on Jun 17th 2008 by kaeth

102. "All I know is, if I had chosen to give birth at home, my baby would have died and my life would have been in danger as well. An emergency C-section saved my son's life.

Sure it works for many people, but when you chose to give birth at home you are taking a GIGANTIC risk. If you want to argue with me on that, go back to the beginning of my comment and read again."

Your 'emergency c-section' was probably caused by all the unnecessary interventions in the hospital. If you have a healthy normal pregnancy and choose to deliver your baby in the hospital you are taking a GIGANTIC risk. If you want to argue with me, look at the maternal and infant mortality rates of countries like Denmark where the majority of their babies are born at home with midwives.

Posted at 5:11PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Megan

103. and dixie, again, laying flat on your back trying to push out a baby for hours is of course going to stress the baby. duh. had the hospital allowed you, or rather had you informed yourself enough to know, another position would have been far better to push in. allowing you to give birth naturally and not have the very common breastfeeding issues that so often arise with c-sections.

Posted at 5:10PM on Jun 17th 2008 by hospitals suck

104. Dixie, while the birth of your son was a life saving cesarean, 100% of the cesarean births are not.
Our country holds a 31.1% C-section rate, which according to the World Health Org is more than DOUBLE what is safe for women and children.
Women in this country DIE more during child birth than in most other countries, as well as babies.
I do not consider that great health care.
Which is why I will continue to birth my children at home, legal or NOT.

Posted at 5:12PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Danielle

105. Dixie, I didn't say ANYTHING about YOU breast feeding.
I was asking you if you KNOW that c-sections CAUSE problems with breastfeeding.
Maybe you need some glasses?

Posted at 5:13PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Danielle