I am not anti-hospital. Doctors and hospitals provide very necessary and life-saving medical care, when they are needed. I am anti-fear-based-decision-making-and-relying-on-technology-instead-of-human-care, though, and so when I saw this video today on VBAC Warrior's blog I felt as if my feelings about hospital birth were finally understood and portrayed in front of the larger audience. I know that Monty Python's The Meaning of Life has been around for 25 years now, and that I am probably the only one reading this who has never seen it before, but sadly this scene is more right-on today than it probably even was in 1983.
Monday, January 21, 2008
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I haven't watched the video yet because I am pretty sure that I would... well let's just say my sister in law is reportedly doing VBAC with her second and if the second is anything like the first, he or she will have a head the size of... well, something really big, anyway. In agreement with you in general but those big-headed babies... those are hard to get out.
Anyway.
You tagged me a few days ago.
I haven't done that meme yet because it requires a little thought. In the meantime, I am tagging you back. Go to my blog to participate in The Band Meme. :-)
I'm so recording my hospital birth. I agree about the fear based decision making, but I also feel that there is way more fear about hospital births circulating than is realistic. My shtick is that you can have a safe, natural birth with little intervention, in a quiet, comfortable place in the hospital. I have before, and I will again.
Hey Bree,
BING!
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