2011 - Talk Birth

Barbara (2011-02-19 07:32:26)
Obviously, her doting grandmother should be doing more laundry! She has all of us locked in and focused on her.
Dana (2011-02-19 16:30:30)
I love this. And if it makes you feel any better, my LO is 3 months old and I’m still in that place - not ready to pick
up the pace again just yet!
shauna (2011-03-05 16:07:21)
Everett is 5 months old and I’m just now picking up the pace. Just like many people tend to push children to move
forward and grow too quickly we will do the same with ourselves if not careful. Stop to smell the roses... and babies
are the most beautiful roses in the world!!! :)
OBs and Normal (2011-02-20 12:06)
I’ve been looking through posts on my old book blog, because I shared lots of birth-related thoughts/quotes
there that are now lost in the shuffle and would be more relevant transferred over to this blog. From the
book The Mother Knot by Jane Lazarre, written in the 70’s she shares an anecdote about her OB that I
think carries a huge ring of truth still today:
My obstetrician had whispered a secret to me on a sunny afternoon. I had come to the office
prepared with my written list of questions. Why was I feeling nauseated, I asked, and what was
all this pain in my thighs? And he had answered wearily, ’If you want answers to questions, have
a miscarriage, or toxemia, or let something else go wrong with your pregnancy. We don’t know
anything about normal births.’ So much for technological know-how. [emphasis mine]
This is a perfect example of the differences in approach to caring for women present in the midwives model
of care and the modern obstetrics model of care. Another good example of some differences is in the [1]Snow
Baby story I put on the CfM blog on Friday.
1. http://cfmidwifery.blogspot.com/2011/02/snow-baby.html
Pushed Thoughts (2011-02-23 17:55)
If you are looking to get fired up about about birth activism, I recommend reading the book [1]Pushed by
[2]Jennifer Block. This book is seriously GOOD! Lots of weighty, meaty information, scathing critiques,
astute observations, and clever commentary. She has plenty of scientific backup for her claims and the
book is written in an engaging, fast paced style that skillfully weaves facts into descriptive commentary and
personal, illuminating interviews. I originally checked this book out of the library, but after seeing all of the
data contained within—she pulls together vast quantities of data about effectiveness of ”routine” practices,
etc. and makes it accessible to the average reader—I quickly ended up acquiring two copies (one hardback
and one soft cover, both autographed from when Jennifer was our featured speaker at [3]FoMM’s annual
Cookie Day event!).
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