tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985693736373223221.post2693338141556521543..comments2023-10-01T03:39:30.695-07:00Comments on Birth at Home in Arizona: A Brief RantUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985693736373223221.post-79782656580310480952012-05-14T13:36:12.003-07:002012-05-14T13:36:12.003-07:00Shannon - I'm so sorry you had such a rotten e...Shannon - I'm so sorry you had such a rotten experience! Wow, that is rough. You are a trooper!! :)<br /><br />Nancy - I replied to your comment weeks ago, but now that I've come back to answer Shannon's, my reply to yours is not here!! So just another thank you for your work - you are awesome, and I really appreciate all the work you do in your profession helping mothers! :)Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10301075330910381544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985693736373223221.post-25826817095823097282012-05-14T12:49:20.304-07:002012-05-14T12:49:20.304-07:00Yes, I am a victim of this nonsense. Eleven years...Yes, I am a victim of this nonsense. Eleven years ago I was naive and was told I could not go into labor (failed induction). The reason for induction was that I was "too small to let this baby get any bigger" and over my due date (which I now know was not true, also). I was 5'3", 130 lbs, normal build. Baby was 8 lbs 4 oz, 19 1/2 in. That first C was the beginning of my total of 5 Cs. The last one I attempted to avoid using a local midwife, but in the end she got scared and I was left to either go unassisted or go to the hospital. I was not prepared for unassisted emotionally and my husband was panicky. It leaves a person broken. Not the C, but rather the lack of making your OWN choice. It should be illegal for another person to force their ways on another.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05682234408333714885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985693736373223221.post-46477122255103024822012-04-04T00:01:51.715-07:002012-04-04T00:01:51.715-07:00Dear Diana,
I've been a labor, mother/baby, an...Dear Diana,<br />I've been a labor, mother/baby, and bedside newborn admit nurse since 1975 - with very few exceptions, women WANT the kind of births they get.<br /><br />They want epidurals, they want inductions, they want someone else to be responsible. And that's why we have the birthing environment we have.<br /><br />I agonized over this for years - in fact - realized after 20 years of trying to help moms have natural birth in the hospital (natural birth in the hospital - the term is an oxymoron) that I wanted it more than they did and I had to give up caring more than they did to keep my sanity and enjoy my life and my job. <br /><br />So now I just take good care of their babies at their bedside right after birth and promote as much contact (including skin to skin) as possible and hope for the best. <br /><br />Most people will never believe you that their babies are safer out of the hospital no matter the facts. You know the old saying: Don't get in the way of my beliefs with the facts (or something similar). So don't despair.<br />Just say what you have to say and go on and live your life the way you wish.<br /><br />The doctors are between a rock and a hard place too. So many needy people pulling on them to make them responsible. It's a rare physician that can successfully resist that pull and refuse to take responsibility that isn't theirs. <br /><br />That said - once in a "blue moon" I run across the true individual - sometimes just waiting to blossum. That's like grace given to me - a kindred spirit to gladden my spirit. <br /><br />Kind Regards to you,<br /><br />NancyNancyLEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04551905622924172067noreply@blogger.com