There are people who really believe that having a baby is inherently dangerous. Maybe more dangerous than extreme sports. Not just people watching A Baby Story on TV, where women are routinely whisked away in a panic for surgery. Not just people regularly watching women on soap operas faint, only to find out they are [...]
Posts Tagged ‘hospital birth’
Birth (an extreme sport)- Sponsored by…
Posted in Birth, Birth Trauma, homebirth, Parenting, Pregnancy, tagged birth plan, childbirth, homebirth, hospital birth, indifference, midwife, risk, standard of care on February 18, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Hospital Birth – my transition
Posted in Birth, Consciousness, homebirth, Parenting, Pregnancy, tagged care providers, choices, Consciousness, homebirth, hospital birth, Pregnancy on September 25, 2009 | 10 Comments »
When I was pregnant the first time, I didn’t even know women still had babies at home anywhere hospitals existed. It just didn’t occur to me. I’m not sure if knowing other women made that choice would have had any impact on my decision to go to a hospital. Maybe. But probably not. I followed [...]

