>Heather writes:
>
><< Many women have related to me how hospital staff have been disparaging of
>their stated wish to avoid drugs, have pushed drugs on them or even bullied
>them into
> accepting them.  >>

Elisheva - it was Anna, not me, who wrote this.

I think she is sort of correct, though...but the out and out  pushing and
bullying doesn't happen as often as she implies (in my experience, that
is).

Howvever the disparagment of choice to labour w/o drugs is quite common,
and childbirth educators are accused of making women feel guilty if they
change their minds and opt for drugs.

Hmmmm. Making women feel guilty....now just *where* have we heard that one
before ; )


Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK

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