In a message dated 3/5/2004 3:29:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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but it seems tenuous (and unfair to the mothers of mentally ill persons) to
assert that in and of itself having a c section places one's offspring at a
greater risk of mental illness.
Dear Friends:
This is not an assertion; it is an evidence based statement. Risk means
only that, and relates to populations, NOT individuals. It is not pleasant or
easy to hear.
There are more studies than Verdoux. There are plenty of studies, done by
Jacobson and Salk and Hattori and others that show all sorts of links between
birth technology and terrible events. No one wants to take this seriously
enough; the technological juggernaut is rolling faster and faster. Now a "normal"
birth is deemed to be an induction at 38 weeks with an epidural as long as
the baby comes out vaginally.
I am scared. We are talking about our babies, for heaven's sake!
We know how birth practices mess up breastfeeding, which leads to another
whole host of serious health issues, including a worldwide epidemic of
diabetes. THAT is not taken seriously either, when we have just seen how commercial
interests can derail a bonafide, evidence-based, focus- group determined,
health promotion advertising campaign.
Michel Odent calls this kind of research "cul-de-sac epidemiology"
where associations and links between prenatal and perinatal care and social
effects are ignored, never cited, never replicated and never taken seriously.
It is serious. VERY serious.
warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
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