Did anyone else see the today show story this morning on homebirth (which was alternately captioned "Extreme Birth" and...wait for it..."The Perils of Midwifery". It focused on one couple who had, tragically, lost a baby during a homebirth. Not to detract from how horrible that was for them, but I was just shocked at how they totally glossed over the fact that mortality rates aren't higher at home (actually, they did sneak in that statistic but it didn't seem to influence the overall tone of "if you do this, your kid will die and it'll be your fault").
I loved the jaw dropping statement "these women are choosing to give birth WITHOUT DOCTORS!!!" Like this is actually considered "extreme" in any country but the USA. Actually, that's just NORMAL everywhere else!
The closing sequence had the mom who had lost her child saying, "a c-section isn't the worst thing in the world"...of course, very true. But did they mention that the c-section rate has gone up over 15% in the last 20 years while infant mortality has remained the same?
Its just so upsetting how scare tactics and anecdote are replacing a reasoned discussion on this topic looking at the facts and studies like I understand they are having in Canada.
I loved the jaw dropping statement "these women are choosing to give birth WITHOUT DOCTORS!!!" Like this is actually considered "extreme" in any country but the USA. Actually, that's just NORMAL everywhere else!
The closing sequence had the mom who had lost her child saying, "a c-section isn't the worst thing in the world"...of course, very true. But did they mention that the c-section rate has gone up over 15% in the last 20 years while infant mortality has remained the same?
Its just so upsetting how scare tactics and anecdote are replacing a reasoned discussion on this topic looking at the facts and studies like I understand they are having in Canada.
They added just enough truth to make it scary, in my opinion.
Managed. Whatever!!
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He is very silly like that.
