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Originally Posted by analog
Right... a study done 30 years ago. Pretty much everything having to do with that article has changed drastically. Hospitals' practices for antimicrobial and sterilization, neonatal care, and the very technologies implemented in the procedures mentioned make absolutely everything in that article total bullshit. 30 years? Please. When doctors graduate medical school, about 50% of everything they learned is obsolete within 5 years, if not sooner- especially in surgical applications.
The Data is still quite pertinent, though I would never expect you to attempt a deeper understanding. The combination of your profession and personality is not condusive to an open mind on this topic.
This is also not to mention, as someone brought up, that the study still had trained midwives/birthing personnel of some kind.
The actual "Freebirth" movement does not remove midwives from the picture. In fact the first place I ever heard the term was from ....a midwife several years ago.
The plain and simple truth is, c-sections are way more common for a reason: it gets the baby out quickly and safely in the event of a possible problem. Lawsuits for birth problems are astronomical. HUGE. The doctors did not become surgery-happy, c-section pushers. They started doing it way more frequently to reduce the risk of getting sued due to problems encountered with the fetus before or during birth.
True.....and most unfortunate, This possibility went into our descision to homebirth.
C-sections are directly related to litigation, and nothing else. Yes, it's more invasive for you, but it's a very good way to extract a fetus without incident.
The "very good" opinion you hold is just that....opinion,and one I do not share. Nor does my wife, who by the way would be the one getting cut open. As is par for the course you claim "Bullshit" by spewing your own version of it.
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I do not claim to be an expert on birth, Hospital statistics, mortality rates.....etc...
I have helped deliver Two Children though, and have no problem sharing the experience. Granted there could have been complications, but I managed to memorize the numbers 9-1-1.....I could only hope someone less abrasive than you answered the call for Help.
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I could feel the baby’s head sliding out. I remember thinking that it was huge – this head was so much bigger than Maya’s. From Matt’s point of view, he wasn’t sure what he was looking at right away. Then he realized that the cord was over the top of the baby’s head. He gently pushed it to the side. I put my hand on the baby’s head and kept repeating out loud, “I have to be patient” as I waited for him to come without pushing. It burned slightly, but most of all it was just intense stretching. After what seemed like forever, his head was out and with one push, his body slid right out. Matt instinctively brought him around to the side to avoid wrapping the cord around his neck. We looked down at the same moment and both saw that he was a boy! I realized then that I had really been expecting a girl. I was so surprised.
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