Dear Friends:
 
We all have psychic powers when it comes to birth in the USA. What LC in  
this country hasn't mentally guessed "epidural/pitocin"  and been correct  when a 
dyad presents itself for breastfeeding help in the first week postpartum?  
After listening to a friend talk about all the ultrasounds she had during her  
pregnancy because one medical doubt or another, I predicted to my husband when  
she was 7 months pregnant that she would have a cesarean section. This was 13 
 years ago, and I was right.
 
I feel sad at the slaughter of my sisters. I feel sad that many of these  
women SAY (who knows what they feel or believe) that ' X'  was  necessary when 
they have not connected the dots between routine technology and  misery. I feel 
heartbroken for the women that go back into the very same system  that ripped 
them off, and defend it to anyone. I feel like a dinosaur, watching  the death 
of normal birth in my country, when folks are aghast or disbelieving  when I 
encourage spontaneous, unmedicated labor with a doula. I am upset when  folks 
confuse the words "common" and "normal."
 
I am sad when women won't seek any care unless an insurance company will  pay 
for it. A woman called me back the other day, canceling our appointment  
because her insurance wouldn't cover the fee. I suggested that our visit would  be 
cheaper than formula, but that didn't impress her at all. 
 
I am waiting for the revolution, where women take back their birthing power  
as they did in the late 50s and early 60s. 
 
warmly,
 
Nikki Lee RN,  MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
craniosacral therapy practitioner
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