January 29th, 2012 at 5:56PM
Maybe many women don’t feel comfortable with a home birth for whatever reason (it’s outside of their cultural norms, they can’t afford a doula, they don’t have a home suitable for birthing, they don’t have a supportive partner to help with the birth and recovery, they prefer a hospital out of safety concerns, etc.) These women still deserve to have options and autonomy in their birthing choices, and when we turn the debate into HOME=”NATURAL” HOSPITAL=MEDICATED and then focus all our energy on deciding who is “right” in that debate, we lose sight of (in my opinion) the real goal: getting ALL women, regardless of their socioeconomic status and regardless of where they give birth, autonomy over their bodies, access to information, and the right to birth without fear and coercion. —

Balancing Jane: Home Births vs. Hospital Births: Who Gets Lost in Dichotomizing Rhetoric (via naomieve)

YES!!  I wish women didn’t feel like our only options are hospital/highly medicalized vs home/”natural.”  ALL women should have the option of a non-interventionist, peaceful, safe birth in a hospital setting.  (Yes, some women are able to achieve that today, but usually only with a lot of effort and fighting even during labor itself which just isn’t right. And the hospitals that freely offer non-interventionist care with midwives, etc, are few and far between.)

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    Please don’t ever make anyone feel their birth wasn’t good enough. That is for each person to decide.
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    OMFG thank you. I’m of the “voluntary c-section with full anesthesia and no family members present” mindset because I...
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    YES!! I wish women didn’t feel like our only options are hospital/highly medicalized vs home/”natural.” ALL women should...
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    THIS! Birth is a reproductive right, just like birth control, abortion, sex education, etc. Every parent should be able...
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