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<<< I very militantly voiced to him that women may "want" certain things but
it is the health care practitioners job to educate women about the pros/cons
and risks of these interventions. His response was that in our society
women come into prenatal care in the first trimester knowing what they WANT and
will not be swayed!!!>>>>
Yet when a mom comes in asking for what she wants that is not the standard
medical birth she can't sway the doctor or the hospital policy to get what she
wants. They find a way to sway her usually by heavy arming her into it--
threatening death for baby or mom or calling child protective services.
So really how can a woman make change in a hospital setting, if it just one
woman every blue moon coming requesting such "odd" things for birth and
breastfeeding? I know for some of you the answer would be for the mom to not birth
in the hospital, but I feel like that it is such a far away reality (at
least for the U.S.). And it shouldn't be right that a woman who has a hospital
birth has to fight for a natural birth and breastfeeding. To me what glares out
is that woman who want to have a natural birth and breastfeeding are not
asking for things that are "odd" but just asking the hospital and doctors to
follow an evidence based practice and written guidelines already in place (like
the AAP statement on breastfeeding and other policies/research on birth
practices). And it doesn't matter to them even if you show them the research or
their own professional organizations statement/policy. It is very frustrating!
So again what is a mom to do as she is getting heavy armed by them? Perhaps
you say find a good ob/midwife/ped. But reality is that they are very few and
far in between that speak like the drs on Lactnet do.
True conversation that I just recently had: While talking to nurses on the
ob floor--how does a mom get the things she wants for her birth and postpartum
stay? Nurses say it is all about the dr and what he says. Then I talk to a
hospital nurse midwife and a ped. they say it is "hospital policy" they have to
follow. Sheeze! Talk about passing the buck!
Sorry for the rant, but being pregnant and planning for this hospital birth
after having 2 homebirths has been real eye opening and frustrating but mostly
sad for the woman who are not has knowledgeable and really have no hope of
getting what they want but having to settle. I hear that a lot from new moms
in my breastfeeding meetings. "Well, I had to give in on this or that." Even
my very supportive nurse midwife has said "Is that something you really want
to fight for?" "Can't you just give in on this?" And she doesn't say things
like that because she believes in a certain procedure but just that it would
make things easier and just focus on the bigger things that I want for the
birth or postpartum. But why should a mom just give in on even something "little"
when the procedure is not evidence based and so much research to support not
doing these "little" things that can interfere with breastfeeding and birth?
Kim Ann
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