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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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May 14, 2002
Choosing Unassisted Birth
NYTimes.com
To the Editor:
As a newly pregnant woman researching birth options, I'm petrified of turning myself and my baby over to the obstetrics system available in the United States (''Opting to Go It Alone'').
Especially unnerving are the interventions like Caesarean section, induction, episiotomy and other ''routine'' procedures that increase the odds of more interventions and deprive the mother of her central role.
Though I will deliver my first child with a certified nurse midwife, I support and encourage any woman who seeks to take responsibility for her body and birth.
No one denies that birth can sometimes be unpredictable and complicated, and such situations greatly benefit from medical intervention. But we've been manipulated to accept the ridiculous premise that women are incapable of giving birth without medical intervention.
VICTORIA P. KRIMM
Chicago
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Bolded is mine.
I can't recall you making that admission at all, especially since you've navigated this discussion to ngdawg's point without addressing the complications. I don't think that anyone here disagrees that women can give birth without medical intervention. It is when medical intervention is needed, that is the question.
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Last edited by Cynthetiq; 07-08-2007 at 07:53 PM..
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