tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628759.post1130354609372530928..comments2023-11-03T01:51:40.670-07:00Comments on Other crap that's on my mind.: Wah wah wah.Barriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08181666882587766770noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628759.post-41059452393442933992008-10-06T10:09:00.000-07:002008-10-06T10:09:00.000-07:00I just watched this movie, and I will admit that I...I just watched this movie, and I will admit that I cried through a lot of it. I feel so grateful for the birth experience that I had with Haven. My midwife was absolutely wonderful, the birth center was perfect, from the warm tub to the fact that it was within minutes from the hospital... giving birth was the most incredible experience of my life. There is something about the moment the baby is born naturally that cannot be replicated period. Every woman deserves the opportunity to feel the universe course through her veins. That being said, I will admit when I found out I was pregnant it was a long process that lead me to my decision to birth naturally and not at the hospital. Ina May Gaskin was key, and I am disappointed they didn't use her more in the movie. She's practically single-handedly brought midwifery back to the U.S.!! This movie needed to be made, but I don't think Ricki Lake was neccesarily the best person to make it. It seemed like a ego stroke for her: I would have preferred less of her talking and more focus on actual midwives. And I don't think this movie presented only one side of the story, they had plenty of interviews with OB's saying things like "using a midwife at home is like riding in your car without a seatbelt." The truth was stated very simply to me once by my own mother: women have been doing this for all of human history, and it usually works out fine. The culture of fear around childbirth is disgraceful. Every person on this planet is living proof that we as women can do it! Living in this technological age we are privileged to have the resources when we need them to avoid infant and maternal mortality, but living in this capitalistic society as Americans it is unfortunate that our technology is actually causing needless infant and maternal injury and mortality. I can say from experience that childbirth is not a peaceful experience until the anesthesiologist puts the spinal tap in and the drip of drugs takes away your ability to feel your body. And I hit a point in my delivery when I screamed for drugs, but I didn't need them, regardless of how much I wanted them they were not what was best. Had I been in a hospital, regardless of what my birth plan was, I would have had to fight to not have drugs. As it was said in the movie, it's easier on the hospital workers if you're heavily sedated. I say if they don't want to deal with the reality of laboring women they should choose another profession! Giving birth is painful, but it's not too much to bear, and for a good lot of the delivery it was not pain, it was like being on the moon. I am very glad to say I've been there and I would go back!!!Heidiblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11225008085869259356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628759.post-88098049563431544532008-10-05T15:05:00.000-07:002008-10-05T15:05:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Heidiblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11225008085869259356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628759.post-40080470065315161112008-09-25T06:12:00.000-07:002008-09-25T06:12:00.000-07:00you should watch the movie, mom. the cost is cover...you should watch the movie, mom. the cost is covered by hmo and if it's not it's only $4000-5000 compared to the hundreds of thousands it can cost at a hospital.Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08181666882587766770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628759.post-52893179564668723312008-09-25T05:18:00.000-07:002008-09-25T05:18:00.000-07:00I was once an OB nurse. It is great that women lik...I was once an OB nurse. It is great that women like Rickki Lake & Cindy Crawford can give birth at home but that's b/c they have the money to use a midwife & if there is a complecation during birth they had the resources to either have a Dr very very near or an ambulance on stand by to get them to a hospital stat!! If anything happens during labor to you or the baby the best place to be is still a state of the art hospital. Most OB units now have all you want at home (private rooms w/music where your family & firends can stay w/you during your labor) you won't even know your in a hospital. Giving birth in the 21st century is still a gamble & a hospital has all the resources for any woman in case of a real emergency. You don't have to take drugs if you don't want the hospital can't make you but my guess is after being in llabor for a certain amt of hrs you'd want a epidural. I know it looks so peaceful in her documentary but it doesn't always work out that way. Do more research when you get to that point in your life if you ever do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com