(The phrase that would describe how I feel perfectly involves male genitalia being blocked... yeah, I read too much trashy gossip online.)
Anyway, I'm part of a mainstream playgroup, and today I met a new member who is pregnant and was looking for advice on who to choose for her hcp. I'm in a military town, so many of the women here haven't had babies here previously, and we only have one hospital, and only a few hcps. A couple CNMs, all of whom work for Obs and in my experience, I consider it really lateral around here to see a CNM versus an Ob.
Anyway, several moms were discussing some of the hcps and I mentioned a few I dislike (more so than others; there aren't really any that I actually think help women) and a mainstream acquaintance said, "Oh, don't listen to her advice; she has VIEWS about childbirth that are different than ours."
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For the love of
Okay, SERIOUSLY. I'm a certified birth doula. I've been the ONLY doula in this stupid little town for TWO YEARS NOW. I've worked with all but ONE provider here in town, the one who does only c-s, no vaginal birth. My "views" about childbirth include streering women away from the docs who do routine episiotomy, start recommending a c-s at 34w if a baby is breech, will do elective c-s, and compare having a trans-vag u/s to "using a vibrator" -- I really wish I were making that one up. I have seen one provider who I think is slightly more helpful to women than others, and yet I've also seen her recommend c-s at very early stages in pregnancy for a multip with a previous vaginal birth. So, those are my "views" on childbirth, and it really chaffs my hemorrhoids that I seem to have a negative reputation for merely caring about the women who go through the doors at YRMC, unwittingly treated like cattle or McBaby Machines, not realizing that life could be SLIGHTLY better if they avoided this provider or chose that provider instead.
Anyway, I'm part of a mainstream playgroup, and today I met a new member who is pregnant and was looking for advice on who to choose for her hcp. I'm in a military town, so many of the women here haven't had babies here previously, and we only have one hospital, and only a few hcps. A couple CNMs, all of whom work for Obs and in my experience, I consider it really lateral around here to see a CNM versus an Ob.
Anyway, several moms were discussing some of the hcps and I mentioned a few I dislike (more so than others; there aren't really any that I actually think help women) and a mainstream acquaintance said, "Oh, don't listen to her advice; she has VIEWS about childbirth that are different than ours."
: For the love of
Okay, SERIOUSLY. I'm a certified birth doula. I've been the ONLY doula in this stupid little town for TWO YEARS NOW. I've worked with all but ONE provider here in town, the one who does only c-s, no vaginal birth. My "views" about childbirth include streering women away from the docs who do routine episiotomy, start recommending a c-s at 34w if a baby is breech, will do elective c-s, and compare having a trans-vag u/s to "using a vibrator" -- I really wish I were making that one up. I have seen one provider who I think is slightly more helpful to women than others, and yet I've also seen her recommend c-s at very early stages in pregnancy for a multip with a previous vaginal birth. So, those are my "views" on childbirth, and it really chaffs my hemorrhoids that I seem to have a negative reputation for merely caring about the women who go through the doors at YRMC, unwittingly treated like cattle or McBaby Machines, not realizing that life could be SLIGHTLY better if they avoided this provider or chose that provider instead.
) I'd just not go back and send her an email privately. What a UAV.
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