LOL. exactly. I'm a Nurse Midwife attending births at home and in my Birth Center, we have a policy of giving mama and families privacy. When training future birth doula, midwives or families members about being with a mama during birthing time, I recommend to avoid standing over the mama. Everyone should try to be at eye level or lower than the lady in birthing time. The standing posture can be interrupted as an aggressive stance. which causes the fight or flight response. stalls labor.
Sometimes a failure to progress IS the right call. It's not always because mom has no privacy. It can also be due to medical problems that no one can foresee happening until it happens. Personally I'm glad my doctor made the call. My daughter was caught on my pelvic bone and would have never been born vaginally.
@udderlymoovelous Unfortunately, you will never know for sure if that is true or not. Yes, sometimes babies DO get into awkward positions and get stuck against pelvic bones but skilled midwives can often recommend good upright positions to help shift this. Sadly the epiduralised/medicalisation of childbirth makes your kind of story all too common.
@HowdieRM, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. The fact remains that c-sections save lives. Does it really matter HOW a baby is brought into this world? Or is the baby being healthy more important. Personally, I feel it's the latter. Birth, and how it's done is a personal decision. What may be right for you, may not be right for someone else. And those that choose a more modern route should not be chastised for choosing how to have their baby.
@udderlymoovelous Absolutely, everyone is entitled to their opinion.Personally YES it DOES matter how a baby is brought into the world - a healthy baby and mother should be two of the criteria for the end result to every birth but not the only criteria. Sadly I work with too many women who have been told "well at least you have a healthy baby", however they are psychologically scarred because they allowed their bodies to be subjected to one unnecessary medical intervention after another.
@udderlymoovelous Absolutely, everyone is entitled to their opinion.Personally YES it DOES matter how a baby is brought into the world - a healthy baby and mother should be two of the criteria for the end result to every birth but not the only criteria. Sadly I work with too many women who have been told "well at least you have a healthy baby", however they are psychologically scarred because they allowed their bodies to be subjected to one unnecessary medical intervention after another.
@udderlymoovelous Actually, the increase in C-sections also brought up our maternal death rate. So really, unnecessary c sections are TAKING lives. We should only have a c section rate of 13% were past 32 %. You can think what you want but you are in fact wrong. Who says so? The WHO.
@udderlymoovelous I was left with PTSD after a genuinely life saving section. On a subsequent birth I didn't end up with PTSD but I did have a lot of happening to me that shouldn't have, including being assaulted by the midwife on doctors orders and my partner being ordered to too. I am still struggling with the damage that assault caused. So I do think how a baby is born is important.
Yes, genuine emergencies the baby's life is most important but the health of the mother should not be sacrificed. They couldn't change the circumstances that led me to have PTSD but they could have done something when I woke up. They didn't need to assault me either!
I absolutely love the concept of PRIVACY, by simply relating it to having a bowel movement outside of the eye view of strangers standing by waiting for something to happen. As a BM happens on its own with relaxation, so does BIRTH. Labor is NOT a spectator sport, it takes TEAM effort to accomplish the task at hand. We have lots of enlightening to do.
LOL. exactly. I'm a Nurse Midwife attending births at home and in my Birth Center, we have a policy of giving mama and families privacy. When training future birth doula, midwives or families members about being with a mama during birthing time, I recommend to avoid standing over the mama. Everyone should try to be at eye level or lower than the lady in birthing time. The standing posture can be interrupted as an aggressive stance. which causes the fight or flight response. stalls labor.
dsichon 1 month ago
Sometimes a failure to progress IS the right call. It's not always because mom has no privacy. It can also be due to medical problems that no one can foresee happening until it happens. Personally I'm glad my doctor made the call. My daughter was caught on my pelvic bone and would have never been born vaginally.
udderlymoovelous 5 months ago
@udderlymoovelous Unfortunately, you will never know for sure if that is true or not. Yes, sometimes babies DO get into awkward positions and get stuck against pelvic bones but skilled midwives can often recommend good upright positions to help shift this. Sadly the epiduralised/medicalisation of childbirth makes your kind of story all too common.
HowdieRM 5 months ago
@HowdieRM, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. The fact remains that c-sections save lives. Does it really matter HOW a baby is brought into this world? Or is the baby being healthy more important. Personally, I feel it's the latter. Birth, and how it's done is a personal decision. What may be right for you, may not be right for someone else. And those that choose a more modern route should not be chastised for choosing how to have their baby.
udderlymoovelous 5 months ago
@udderlymoovelous Absolutely, everyone is entitled to their opinion.Personally YES it DOES matter how a baby is brought into the world - a healthy baby and mother should be two of the criteria for the end result to every birth but not the only criteria. Sadly I work with too many women who have been told "well at least you have a healthy baby", however they are psychologically scarred because they allowed their bodies to be subjected to one unnecessary medical intervention after another.
HowdieRM 5 months ago
@udderlymoovelous Absolutely, everyone is entitled to their opinion.Personally YES it DOES matter how a baby is brought into the world - a healthy baby and mother should be two of the criteria for the end result to every birth but not the only criteria. Sadly I work with too many women who have been told "well at least you have a healthy baby", however they are psychologically scarred because they allowed their bodies to be subjected to one unnecessary medical intervention after another.
HowdieRM 5 months ago
@udderlymoovelous Actually, the increase in C-sections also brought up our maternal death rate. So really, unnecessary c sections are TAKING lives. We should only have a c section rate of 13% were past 32 %. You can think what you want but you are in fact wrong. Who says so? The WHO.
BrittneyLeAnn91 3 months ago
@udderlymoovelous I was left with PTSD after a genuinely life saving section. On a subsequent birth I didn't end up with PTSD but I did have a lot of happening to me that shouldn't have, including being assaulted by the midwife on doctors orders and my partner being ordered to too. I am still struggling with the damage that assault caused. So I do think how a baby is born is important.
TinksMum 1 month ago
Yes, genuine emergencies the baby's life is most important but the health of the mother should not be sacrificed. They couldn't change the circumstances that led me to have PTSD but they could have done something when I woke up. They didn't need to assault me either!
TinksMum 1 month ago
Awesome! Loved it!
MimiMery 6 months ago
Lol
adonna2000 6 months ago
Brilliant concept
ariesmama143 6 months ago
I like the comparison LOL
EllochkasG 8 months ago 2
I absolutely love the concept of PRIVACY, by simply relating it to having a bowel movement outside of the eye view of strangers standing by waiting for something to happen. As a BM happens on its own with relaxation, so does BIRTH. Labor is NOT a spectator sport, it takes TEAM effort to accomplish the task at hand. We have lots of enlightening to do.
TeAmoChristo 10 months ago 6