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From: "Rachel Myr" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:56 AM
Subject: [LACTNET] Breast crawl video redux - long
> I've been following this discussion but not jumping in, until now.
> Please misunderstand me correctly. I'm not saying that women should have
> no
> say in who they have with them when they give birth or how they do it;
> anyone who knows me knows that I am a fierce defender of
> self-determination
> for all people. I'm not saying we should always turn on the lights and
> invite all the passersby into the birth room to watch, chattering, while
> we
> film, and then put it on YouTube. But I'm particularly baffled that
> people
> in a country where mothers and babies are routinely cared for by entirely
> separate teams of nursing and medical staff in physically separate places,
> and where most care is certainly not determined by what women or babies
> want
> or need, are objecting so strenuously to this six minute film.
**Thank you, Rachel, for your wonderful 'speech'.
I immensely enjoy reading all contributions to this discussion and am
constantly adjusting my perspective.
Panta rhei! (Everything flows...)
Congratulations on your son's birthday; it's wonderful to remain a witness
to your child's growing up!
Warmly,
Marianne Vanderveen, Netherlands
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