Comments on: Golly, Look Who’s Against Homebirths! The AMA! http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2008/06/19/golly-look-whos-against-homebirths-the-ama/ The Evolution Revolution Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:08:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: wiffersnapper http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2008/06/19/golly-look-whos-against-homebirths-the-ama/#comment-5294 wiffersnapper Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:33:09 +0000 http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2008/06/19/golly-look-whos-against-homebirths-the-ama/#comment-5294 You have to wonder what this is REALLY about... the safety of mothers and babies? Money? The rights of women to do what they want with their bodies? There's really nothing more personal than giving birth. Any law outlawing homebirth would certainly be unconstitutional on many levels. This goes back to my theory- doctors have forgotten who works for who! What's next- plumbers making a law that says that I can't unclog my own toilet, I have to call them to do it? It's certainly risky- Lord knows what could come out of there! Someone could lose an eye! :-) You have to wonder what this is REALLY about… the safety of mothers and babies? Money? The rights of women to do what they want with their bodies? There’s really nothing more personal than giving birth. Any law outlawing homebirth would certainly be unconstitutional on many levels. This goes back to my theory- doctors have forgotten who works for who! What’s next- plumbers making a law that says that I can’t unclog my own toilet, I have to call them to do it? It’s certainly risky- Lord knows what could come out of there! Someone could lose an eye! :-)

]]> By: sheepdoc http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2008/06/19/golly-look-whos-against-homebirths-the-ama/#comment-5296 sheepdoc Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:00:20 +0000 http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2008/06/19/golly-look-whos-against-homebirths-the-ama/#comment-5296 I don't wonder for 1 second what its about. Its about money. The fact that Obstetrics is a medical field at all is all about MONEY. Obstetrics was created in German hospitals about 200 years ago because doctors realized they never saw pregnant women in the hospitals. It should also be noted that the only women birthing in hospitals then were indigent and only did so because they had no homes or access to midwives. At that time midwives and OB practiced on every other day rotation and indigent women would labor as long as possible outside the hospital on OB days waiting for the shift change. They knew seeing an OB was a death sentence. I don’t wonder for 1 second what its about. Its about money. The fact that Obstetrics is a medical field at all is all about MONEY.

Obstetrics was created in German hospitals about 200 years ago because doctors realized they never saw pregnant women in the hospitals.
It should also be noted that the only women birthing in hospitals then were indigent and only did so because they had no homes or access to midwives. At that time midwives and OB practiced on every other day rotation and indigent women would labor as long as possible outside the hospital on OB days waiting for the shift change. They knew seeing an OB was a death sentence.

]]> By: amyphilo http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2008/06/19/golly-look-whos-against-homebirths-the-ama/#comment-5297 amyphilo Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:11:27 +0000 http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2008/06/19/golly-look-whos-against-homebirths-the-ama/#comment-5297 I plan on passing legislation requiring all physicians to prescribe their drugs under the watch of an FDA safety oversight regulator, just in case they should forget a drug contraindication that could lead to someone's sudden death. Let's pass legislation also to require people who work in food service to - rather than use the toilet - have their colons removed and colostomy bags put in, with the feces being screened for contagious disease by CPS workers (that might be a better use of their time anyway) to protect our children from getting e coli on their food at fast food restaurants and when they wash their hands they have to do it on camera to make sure they scrub all the areas properly. And all vegetables must be irradiated, and when cut must be cooked to 300 degrees to kill all bacteria. Furthermore when eating, people should make sure to be within 5 minutes of a hospital in case they choke. You know what would be easier than worrying a mom is going to go into labor at home and not make it in time for their life saving interventions is to just go ahead and induce everyone at 39 weeks regardless of what their cervix is doing. And to prevent women from noncompliance with these birthing regulations we can simply render them legally incompetent and admit them to psychiatric hospitals for noncompliance with prenatal care disorder (a risk factor for PPD which is going to mean that under The MOTHERS Act they can hospitalize you and then "case manage" you and your baby as soon as they're born.) Hey you know what's riskier than giving birth at home???? Going to an OB when you're low risk and getting pitocin, epidurals, episiotomies, c-sections, etc. I plan on passing legislation requiring all physicians to prescribe their drugs under the watch of an FDA safety oversight regulator, just in case they should forget a drug contraindication that could lead to someone’s sudden death. Let’s pass legislation also to require people who work in food service to - rather than use the toilet - have their colons removed and colostomy bags put in, with the feces being screened for contagious disease by CPS workers (that might be a better use of their time anyway) to protect our children from getting e coli on their food at fast food restaurants and when they wash their hands they have to do it on camera to make sure they scrub all the areas properly. And all vegetables must be irradiated, and when cut must be cooked to 300 degrees to kill all bacteria.
Furthermore when eating, people should make sure to be within 5 minutes of a hospital in case they choke.
You know what would be easier than worrying a mom is going to go into labor at home and not make it in time for their life saving interventions is to just go ahead and induce everyone at 39 weeks regardless of what their cervix is doing.
And to prevent women from noncompliance with these birthing regulations we can simply render them legally incompetent and admit them to psychiatric hospitals for noncompliance with prenatal care disorder (a risk factor for PPD which is going to mean that under The MOTHERS Act they can hospitalize you and then “case manage” you and your baby as soon as they’re born.)

Hey you know what’s riskier than giving birth at home???? Going to an OB when you’re low risk and getting pitocin, epidurals, episiotomies, c-sections, etc.

]]> By: amyphilo http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2008/06/19/golly-look-whos-against-homebirths-the-ama/#comment-5298 amyphilo Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:16:44 +0000 http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2008/06/19/golly-look-whos-against-homebirths-the-ama/#comment-5298 p.s. when I had my full intervention birth - guess what - I had to have TWO doses of epinephrine - one for Isaac's fetal distress, and one for me because I COULD BARELY BREATHE. Guess what, after I had my baby NOBODY told me I had to lay down and rest or I would bleed heavily. I am pretty sure I was bleeding excessively but nobody warned me about that. Oh and guess what, the epidural and the pain medication I was taking for the episiotomy can both lead to your baby's esophagus and windpipe not working correctly and CHOKING and potentially aspirating. Add to that the Zoloft which was deemed necessary for me after Isaac did almost choke to death and you've got a TYPICAL baby born in the USA - on the path to having a PSYCHO mom, drug exposure, hypoglycemia, etc. etc. etc. I want everyone to send me pictures of you with oxygen masks and babies having to go to NICU etc. - birth complications IN THE HOSPITAL and I will put it on youtube and we can spread it around. p.s. when I had my full intervention birth - guess what - I had to have TWO doses of epinephrine - one for Isaac’s fetal distress, and one for me because I COULD BARELY BREATHE. Guess what, after I had my baby NOBODY told me I had to lay down and rest or I would bleed heavily. I am pretty sure I was bleeding excessively but nobody warned me about that. Oh and guess what, the epidural and the pain medication I was taking for the episiotomy can both lead to your baby’s esophagus and windpipe not working correctly and CHOKING and potentially aspirating. Add to that the Zoloft which was deemed necessary for me after Isaac did almost choke to death and you’ve got a TYPICAL baby born in the USA - on the path to having a PSYCHO mom, drug exposure, hypoglycemia, etc. etc. etc.

I want everyone to send me pictures of you with oxygen masks and babies having to go to NICU etc. - birth complications IN THE HOSPITAL and I will put it on youtube and we can spread it around.

]]> By: amyphilo http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2008/06/19/golly-look-whos-against-homebirths-the-ama/#comment-5299 amyphilo Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:16:59 +0000 http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2008/06/19/golly-look-whos-against-homebirths-the-ama/#comment-5299 amyphilo@yahoo.com amyphilo@yahoo.com

]]> By: wiffersnapper http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2008/06/19/golly-look-whos-against-homebirths-the-ama/#comment-5312 wiffersnapper Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:38:52 +0000 http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2008/06/19/golly-look-whos-against-homebirths-the-ama/#comment-5312 Did anyone else notice that we're only worth $1929? Did anyone else notice that we’re only worth $1929?

]]> By: mamabaig http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2008/06/19/golly-look-whos-against-homebirths-the-ama/#comment-5319 mamabaig Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:10:45 +0000 http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2008/06/19/golly-look-whos-against-homebirths-the-ama/#comment-5319 I wrote up my own response to the AMA's "resolution." http://spiritledbirth.blogspot.com/2008/06/ama-blasts-homebirth.html You and I both have the same concerns in mind.... our daughters. My husband even said that since we're getting to the end of our childbearing years we won't have to worry about if homebirth is legal or not. I quickly reminded him that it is TOTALY our concern and something we need to be willing to fight for because of our daughters, future daughter's-in-law and even our granddaughters. They must have the freedom to choose. I wrote up my own response to the AMA’s “resolution.” http://spiritledbirth.blogspot.com/2008/06/ama-blasts-homebirth.html

You and I both have the same concerns in mind…. our daughters. My husband even said that since we’re getting to the end of our childbearing years we won’t have to worry about if homebirth is legal or not. I quickly reminded him that it is TOTALY our concern and something we need to be willing to fight for because of our daughters, future daughter’s-in-law and even our granddaughters. They must have the freedom to choose.

]]> By: sewathomemama http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2008/06/19/golly-look-whos-against-homebirths-the-ama/#comment-5324 sewathomemama Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:57:11 +0000 http://www.thecowgoddess.com/2008/06/19/golly-look-whos-against-homebirths-the-ama/#comment-5324 anyone even remotely invested & involved in this matter should read "witches, midwives & nurses". it's a pamphlet book i'm reading right now describing the witch hunts (except the new england witch trials) that began as a way for the newly appointed professional MALE doctors to stamp out traditional FEMALE healers. it's a blood-boiler, for sure. now, it seems, we are doomed to repeat the history we've failed to learn from- only they won't burn us at the stake or lynch us; they'll just send us to jail. anyone even remotely invested & involved in this matter should read “witches, midwives & nurses”. it’s a pamphlet book i’m reading right now describing the witch hunts (except the new england witch trials) that began as a way for the newly appointed professional MALE doctors to stamp out traditional FEMALE healers. it’s a blood-boiler, for sure. now, it seems, we are doomed to repeat the history we’ve failed to learn from- only they won’t burn us at the stake or lynch us; they’ll just send us to jail.

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