Dear Deanne,I think the original intent of your post was to admonish fellow
lactation professionals for unfairly bashing MDs with regards to their
lactation r/t decisions. I do think it is fair to say that a couple of
recent postings have taken what could have been out of context comments and
"ran with them" so to speak. I think that may of us just skip over this type
of ranting. However, some of your comments on home birthing were
inflammatory and didn't help to defend your postition. While many of us,
anecdotally, have very different experiences, the research reveals very
different data than that you implied. While personally i chose to deliver my
3 children at free standing birth centers(2), hospital(1) and have my
reasons for doing so, I could not with the medical facts in mind, make the
statement that choosing a home birth "is playing Russian roulette".The
"risks" involved with a hospital delivery are there as well and those of us
that have worked in hospitals know of the "intervention spiral"etc. Many of
these mothers who choose home birth have had "the hospital birth from hell"
and we've all heard the stories. We need to respect their decision and
realize it comes from a different place than yours.
Lynn Shea Rn,Bsn,Ibclc
Lactation Support Services
Franklin, MA (25

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