tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905657459154240355.post764215163507628251..comments2023-04-29T07:35:06.840-07:00Comments on Refuse to be a Womb Pod: Don't you want a doctor?Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03795297107645737278noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905657459154240355.post-50155772285339041912008-02-03T17:31:00.000-08:002008-02-03T17:31:00.000-08:00I agree! Your birth will be better with a midwife....I agree! Your birth will be better with a midwife. I wouldn't want an OB, either.<br> <br>Denise, a Family Physician in FloridaDenise Punger MD IBCLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15005314822461783855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905657459154240355.post-24953546245805239932008-02-03T20:15:00.000-08:002008-02-03T20:15:00.000-08:00Beautiful. I wish I could claim it too. ;)Beautiful. I wish I could claim it too. ;)Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17475112158639748154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905657459154240355.post-3229769534769759712008-02-04T07:53:00.000-08:002008-02-04T07:53:00.000-08:00Is it okay if I put this on my blog? I'd *lov...Is it okay if I put this on my blog? I'd *love* to have my audience read this.<br><br>AngelaMama to Monkeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696704625536509191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905657459154240355.post-24038562107734682652008-02-04T13:06:00.000-08:002008-02-04T13:06:00.000-08:00So maybe I should just know when to leave well eno...So maybe I should just know when to leave well enough alone. I appreciate the thoughts you express here and you will have to trust me when I tell you I had the perfect birth planned. Midwife, no drugs, very little intervention.<br><br>But life doesn't always work out the way you plan.<br><br>And I DID want a doctor when it all went wrong. I NEEDED a doctor. Sometimes birth does go awry and a doctor saves lives. I know he saved mine and my son. <br><br>I appreciate that what you are battling against has become so big...the medicalizing of birth. Without medical intervention and a doctor performing my cesarean we would both be dead.<br><br>I know you likely did not intend your writing to be taken in this way, but it hurts those of us who truly DID need a doctor. I also had wisdom, strength, courage, faith and a vagina. But it wasn't enough. Most of the time it is, but sometimes it just isn't. <br><br>The last phrase is like saying to me that YOU had it all takes but somehome I don't because I did need intervention.<br><br>Thanks for reading,<br><br>LoriAidan's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17735524011177612504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905657459154240355.post-30362980970993664162008-02-05T14:56:00.000-08:002008-02-05T14:56:00.000-08:00I just wanted to say...I attended the homebirth of...I just wanted to say...I attended the homebirth of my friend's 9lb 4oz baby boy. I am POSITIVE that if she was in a hospital she would have been shot up with pitocin (she didn't dilate at all in 3 hours at one point), needed an epidural as a result, and been sectioned because she has a curvy pubic bone. And to add insult to injury, they probably would have claimed CPD when they saw he was over 9lbs. BUT SHE DIDN'T. She had it at home and everything was perfectly fine. Just wanted to let you know.BirthLovernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905657459154240355.post-68559439323589858832008-02-05T19:08:00.000-08:002008-02-05T19:08:00.000-08:00Dear Lori,I think what you have said is precisely ...Dear Lori,<br>I think what you have said is precisely the point of this post...the fact that MOST women do not need surgeons to attend their births, but need a person who is highly trained in what normal pregnancy, labor and delivery entail. For the times in our lives that we need surgeons, thank goodness they are there...but for the other times, I'd rather free up a surgeon's valuable time to deal with the women, like yourself, who *truly* need a surgeon. <br><br>As for hurting those that needed a doctor...well, it might just be a perfect opportunity for all of us to look inward, as to why our feelings are hurt by such statements, or maybe why such statements might hurt another woman's feelings. <br><br>I've been on both "sides" of this discussion, there is no right answer, the only right answer is what is in your heart, and your heart only.<br><br>Best,<br>AngelaMama to Monkeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696704625536509191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905657459154240355.post-36655263557359223572008-02-07T15:41:00.000-08:002008-02-07T15:41:00.000-08:00Angela:Thanks for your thoughtful response. I app...Angela:<br><br>Thanks for your thoughtful response. I appreciate your comments. I would never have *chosen* such a medicalized birth. But to intimate it is a choice is what I take issue with. <br><br>You mentioned searching my heart for the right answer. The right answer in my case is not debateable. I am not sure if you took the time to click on me and go over to my blog, but I almost died of Class I HELLP syndrome when I delivered my son at 28 weeks. My liver was about to rupture, necessitating a cesarean section to save both our lives. During my cesarean I almost bled to death. <br><br>I didn't have the opportunity to do anything any differently. Now...in the context of that knowledge, reread all the "I don't wants". I didn't want one either. But I didn't get that choice. So the statement about having everything needed to give birth without a doctor presumes that if those things are present, a doctor is not needed. Obviously not the case.<br><br>Those of us who *COMPLETELY* missed out on the birth experience because we were under general anesthesia and about to lose our lives are diminished by the idea that birth is always under our control.<br><br>Respectfully,<br><br>LoriAidan's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17735524011177612504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905657459154240355.post-54571837614881396632008-02-07T15:43:00.000-08:002008-02-07T15:43:00.000-08:00After rereading my comment I felt the need to clar...After rereading my comment I felt the need to clarify that the bleeding out was not negligence but rather the fact that Class I HELLP means you have virtually no platelets in your blood. Thankfully I began to clot and survived.Aidan's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17735524011177612504noreply@blogger.com