UC on MSNBC

[dogmom327]

Hopefully this is okay to post:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34225823...womens_health/

[onyxravnos]

not bad... glad it wasn't all about the 'where it went wrong' Go MSNBC

[gossamerwindweb]

yeah, actually not a bad article. Thanks!

[UberMama]

She has a blog here on MDC: http://mothering.com/jennifermargulis/

[Serenyd]

I actually found it to be very negative. Most of the article was devoted to the "dangers" of UC ... like pelvic floor damage? Justifying the hospital c-section rate? WTH?

[lovemyblessings]

I don't post hardly at all, but I thought this article was terrible. Especially of interest to me was the quote from the OB from Magee Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh. One of the many factors that led us down the road to homebirth and then unassisted homebirth was my dh's experiences at Magee Womens as a neurology resident (consulted to declare PVS on post c-section mamas). Neither of us are anti-doctor (duh).... but we believe in evidence-based medicine. It is incredibly frustrating to read articles in which blanket statements are made in regards to homebirth/unassisted birth by "experts" with absolutely no basis in actual facts. I read some quotes to my husband and he shook his head and laughed. He wanted to know how they pre-selected all the homebirths to be for low birth weight babies.
I loved the quotes from the two UC moms... and I know that a fair amount of negativity is to be expected, but I thought this article was overwhelmingly negative. I am just waiting to get a link to this in some email from a concerned relative. We just had our second UC (3rd homebirth, 6th baby) and we got flooded with emails saying how glad everyone was that the birth went safely.

[mollycce]

My best buddy Shauna is in this article--so, I liked it for that reason!

[laurashanley]

Not bad, as far as these things go (I sound like a broken record!). I had heard about the article from Shauna and Jennifer but wasn't interviewed for it. As usual, the dangers of hospital birth were minimized, but it was nice that once again, Jennifer got the last word!

Interesting to see this stat (since I'm always asked about stats):

"The number of home births unattended by either a doctor or a midwife jumped by nearly 10 percent between 2004 and 2006, climbing from 7,607 unassisted births to 8,347 births, according to most recent figures from the National Center for Health Statistics." Yay!

Silly that they talk about damage to the pelvic floor without stating that much of that damage (when it does occur) is due to forced pushing that happens when a doctor or midwife instructs a woman to push simply because she's hit the "magic number." And what about damage caused by episiotomies?

Too bad the "experts" (i.e. people who have never experienced UC, other than the one midwife) were given so much space, but once again, it's getting the concept out there.
Laura

[Serenyd]

Originally Posted by laurashanley

Too bad the "experts" (i.e. people who have never experienced UC, other than the one midwife) were given so much space, but once again, it's getting the concept out there.
Laura

You're right.... but I would just for once like to see a truly positive mainstream news article about UC without the obligatory "expert" spewing hearsay about the dangers of it!

[Kidzaplenty]

[gabeyho]

Well, that wasn't too bad. But yea, what's with the info about the collapsing pelvic floor later in life? That sounds like totally bogus stuff the author threw out there to make it sound extremely serious/dangerous, like it's a good reason for a c-sec, which is really off-topic from the rest of the article anyway....