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Originally Posted by Dannyboy1  If you want to know what's patriarchal about this society, it's that men were the first doctors and decided they know better how to give birth than women. They literally tried to create the misconception that midwives are uneducated witch doctors and that it was dangerous to have natural childbirth. Did you know the US has a worse infant mortality rate than nearly every modern nation in the world? And it's all because they want to get the women in and out so they can fill more beds and make more money. Rather than wait and letting the birth take the natural amount of time, they tell the woman it's taking too long and they need to induce, which increases the pain, thus increasing the need for an epidural and possibly a c-section. These "doctors" are creating a chain reaction which ultimately increases the danger to both the mother and baby. Just to get them in and out. Did you know that c-sections are at an all time high? The increase in recent years is staggering. Did you know that the most c-sections occur between the hours of 4 and 5 o'clock when doctors want to go home and 10-11 o'clock when the shift changes and they want to go home? Did you know they have no right or real need to take your baby away right after they're born to clean them up, that it's better for bonding that the baby stay with the mother and begin nursing? But most of the time they take the baby away from the mother within the first half hour (sometimes immediately) and when the mother asks why, they say they have to? We don't and we never will, yet most women just go to the doctor and trust whatever they say and forget birth is a natural thing. It's not like getting your tonsils out. I know all this because I care. Believe it or not, not all men are jerks. I take responsibility and learn everything I can to be as much of a help as possible. I'm writing this now because I believe people need to wake up and educate themselves and not run out and get an abortion without fully comprehending the enormity of the decision. I've seen people jump on this site and just toss out advice based on all the propaganda they've been fed and some of them have never read a book, or attended a class, or even had a good friend who went through a pregnancy. All they've done is read people magazine and they think they can give a young girl advice. It's irresponsible. |
As amazed as I am, I agree with you on the above. In fact I am aware of all of the things you stated and I agree that this is not the best scenario for pregnant women.
My cousin lost her 1 month old baby almost 3 years ago. I watched the precious little girl die. Now she is pregnant again and is working with a midwife and will have her baby at home. The medical community failed her before.