UnneCessary Interventions, Please Be Patient 09/06/10
More and more do I hear about how women around me are going in for an induction, or a scheduled C-section. I have not heard of anyone, and I mean anyone, to let their pregnancies end naturally.
Just a couple days ago, I was talking to some friends and one of them said, “I went to see the doctor at 40 weeks and he was saying I could not go on anymore. I was too overdue and I NEEDED to have this baby, if not, the baby would die”.
I could not be more outraged, and of course, I also thought it was funny that she also had believed it. By the way, she’s in her early 40’s, not someone I would call immature or inexperienced.
The other friend in the same conversation works in a doctor’s office. She was telling me how no one, and she repeated no one, goes over their due date anymore.
As soon as they hit “full term” at 37 weeks they come in wanting baby out.
As amazed as I was at all these comments, the funniest (and stupidest) by far was one made by the wife of a doctor. She was saying how as soon as she turned 37 weeks with her last baby, born like 17 years ago, she went in for a “natural C-section”.
I wanted to drop to the floor and roll around laughing!! I have not heard of anyone say something like that but hey, there is always a first time for everything.
Since I am just sitting here waiting for this baby to arrive at her own time, everyone is acting weird and hurrying me up.
I guess it’s that abnormal to have a baby “naturally”.
I also wanted to post a video from ABC that was airing how more and more women are dying in the US after giving birth.
The report was very clear in mentioning that unnecessary interventions were the cause and how sad it was that it was happening here in one of the most advanced countries in the world.
Take a look and let me know what you think.
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Hi, I agree that C-Sections seem way more common these days. My first grand daughter was born by C-Section after many days of labour and the baby went into distress before they did the surgery. My second grand daughter also born by C-Section was scheduled with no talk of natural birth. I think my daughter was very happy with the surgery although not seeming to have any other choice.