Okay this is slightly OT because it's about a fanfic I read. The woman was pregnant and decided to have a home birth ...only the author didn't talk about if she was going to have a midwife, if she and her boyfriends (she was poly) were taking classes about it, about ANY assistance the woman was going to have during it. It was as if the character woke up one day and suddenly decided "hey I'm having twins and I don't like hospitals, let's give birth at home! Women have been doing it for hundreds of years, it'll be easy!"
Seriously, that was the rationalization given - that women have always done it before, and sure let's just ignore how often babies or mother's died in the birthing process throughout history.
I don't know if I was more bothered by the story or how all the comments were along the lines of 'silly Americans and their obsession with hospitals, this is great!' I've nothing against homebirths. I have a friend who is a midwife and as she was also a classmate of mine, did a presentation of the pros and cons of both hospital births and home births. I fully support anyone who decides to do either ... but giving birth isn't an easy step 1,2,3 process!
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Date: 2009-06-20 10:19 pm (UTC)Seriously, that was the rationalization given - that women have always done it before, and sure let's just ignore how often babies or mother's died in the birthing process throughout history.
I don't know if I was more bothered by the story or how all the comments were along the lines of 'silly Americans and their obsession with hospitals, this is great!' I've nothing against homebirths. I have a friend who is a midwife and as she was also a classmate of mine, did a presentation of the pros and cons of both hospital births and home births. I fully support anyone who decides to do either ... but giving birth isn't an easy step 1,2,3 process!