I bought this e~book called Spontaneous Creation: 101 Reasons Not To Have Your Baby In A Hospital, Vol. 1. I haven't read it yet, but I skipped ahead to the first 51 reasons. I experienced about 35 of those reasons. Scary stuff.
Hospitals, obstetrics & certain interventions *do* have their place, but to think that using those routinely = a safe & happy birth experience is a bit...naive. Uninformed. I had all of those with both of my pregnancies, labors & births. And I had awful experiences. Epidurals, continuous electronic fetal monitoring, IV fluids, forceps, vacuums. I was deprived of food & water, and not able to get out of bed. And then what? A healthy, safe & happy birth? No. Major abdominal surgery.
I was going to list the first 51 reasons, along with excerpts from the book, but I don't want to scare my pregnant friends. I wish midwifery care was more widely available in this country [there are only 100 licensed midwives in California], that midwives could practice with as much freedom as obstetricians, and that midwifery was legal in ALL 50 STATES.
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