In a message dated 2/26/2006 6:58:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
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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!!!


Dear Friends:
    Mary describes a discussion she had with an OB/GYN about  what women 
want. The poor helpless OB has to give women what they want?
    What happened to 'first do no harm'? 
     Wanting something is enough of a reason to give  it?  (I guess we'll 
never be able to parent teens again!) So folks don't  have to quit smoking, loose 
weight, or take their prescription  medication  because they don't want to?
    Such shoddy logic and abandonment of responsibility  doesn't help anyone. 
It doesn't help the women that have to live with the  consequences, it 
doesn't help the practitioner who has lost their own integrity,  and it doesn't help 
society when wanting something is permitted to  supercede safety, health, and 
economy.
    warmly,

 
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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