Poor choices on parent’s part. Shame on them for not respecting and using their doctors and instead relying upon this “trendy” fad for rich people.
I’m no fan of Chelsea, but trying to tie her into responsibility here is just ridiculous.
Our fifth was delivered with a midwife. Was the easiest. But very low risk.
““redesigning” how women give birth.”
What a bunch of transphobes. Men can give birth just like a woman.
Childbirth is the most common natural event in the world. In history
Anyone can do it -and has
Having a baby at home (I didn’t read this. Too disturbing) can be done.
When the baby has trouble getting out surgery is necessary and then the care if the neonatal ICU staff is necessary otherwise you’re in Middle Ages territory
Ditto if the placenta doesn’t get properly disengaged. The amount and speed with which bleeding out occurs is very quick. People say so much blood when someone gets hit in the head. This is way above that
There’s a reason there are so many stepmothers in fairy tales handed down from the Middle Ages. Women died in childbirth.
Doctors can be a gigantic pain they take over. They treat childbirth like it’s an emergency they need to take over. They need to treat the parents like they’re stupid. The operate in fluorescent lighting bright enough to shut down labor. Which it does
But you have to have doctors around in case of an emergency. And their staff of knowledgeable techs and nurses with equipment machines and sterility
It takes humility and intelligence to do this right or just plain obedience. It can be done without drugs but don’t try this at home. Not in 2024.
I’ve nothing against midwives delivering babies, but they should do so in a facility where an emergency can be addressed immediately.
When I was last pregnant, all of my prenatal visits were with a midwife. Nurse Cranston. But when I went to the hospital to deliver the baby, an obstetrician that I didn’t know showed up to do the delivery. The delivery was uncomplicated and the midwife probably could have handled it. But the obstetrician was the one who happened to be on call for New Year’s Day. Yeah, a New Year’s baby.
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