Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Birth

I went on a binge of watching More Business of Being Born today. It amazes me, the state of maternal care today. I don't get how women can go through the 40 weeks of pregnancy and not be informed. Giving birth is one of the most amazing things that a woman will ever do, so not knowing everything that you possibly can about that process is an absolute shame.

There are so many different options out there, from the standard hospital birth, to birth centers, to home birth, to elective c-sections. They all have their pros and cons, although electing to have a c-section is crazy to me. I mean, that is major abdominal surgery, so why do it unless you absolutely have to? I'm also appalled by the rates of induction, which it seems the majority of the time is done simply for convenience or because it is routine.

It's like, mom is tired of being pregnant, doc has a tee time to meet, so let's pump mom and baby full of drugs, because that's okay now when the entire pregnancy you're not even allowed to have cold medicine, and try to force that baby out. When in reality inducing doubles the risk of c-section, and can make labor take longer when done too soon. No one seems to be telling the moms this though, so we need to be informed before it happens, instead of learning these things after the fact. It's not that hard to research. The information is readily available, all you have to do is look. Do your research!

*~*Tabby Marie*~*

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