Posts by soso-lynn

Quote: Originally Posted by happysmileylady  Quote: Originally Posted by soso-lynn   Education should come from both sides of the coin, making sure...

 Education should come from both sides of the coin, making sure that women know that it might not be that bad, or that it MIGHT be that bad.  Educate them to try that there are a large variety of pain relief methods...

Quote: Originally Posted by DrGilbert Grant   Since everyone knows and agrees that epidurals are without doubt the best way to releive the pain of childbirth, how can we design a study that randomizes women to a group...

Quote: Originally Posted by olive&pimiento  I believe that as a midwife I need to evaluate all the literature, even if the conclusions do not line up with my ideologies. This is the only way I am able to educate...

Quote: Originally Posted by happysmileylady  Guilt is an emotion, it doesn't follow logic.  Just because someone reads all the information and makes a choice based on that information doesn't mean that they are...

It is very hard to give advice and help without seeing the mother in person. What she calls cracked could be anything from mild soreness to open, bleeding wounds. what she considers a good latch may, in fact, not be. Maybe she already...

Quote: Originally Posted by lach  I think that's what this book is trying to do: fix the system that makes women feel guilty for perfectly valid choices. That is the opposite of what I said.   I want...

Quote: Originally Posted by lach  Quote: Originally Posted by soso-lynn   Have you looked at the WHO's documentation on acceptable rates of intervention? The WHO...

Quote: Originally Posted by DrGilbert Grant  Thank you, hells_librarian, for your comment. I chose to entitle my book Epidural Without Guilt because I have found guilt to be a common feeling among many women who...

Wow, go read what I said. Seriously.   Guilt comes form within. As your definition says it comes from feeling responsible or remorseful. Women have very little power and control over what happens to them in hospitals so any...