tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407024528817445986.post6577846049860841340..comments2023-12-08T04:59:49.932-08:00Comments on Awaiting Juno: More Unimaginable than an Unnecesarian: An Unjustifiable Deprivation of Personal AutonomyMrs. W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00421131727849720502noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407024528817445986.post-30575538627256109292012-12-24T00:40:31.492-08:002012-12-24T00:40:31.492-08:00Cassie, is that what we'd say to rape victims ...Cassie, is that what we'd say to rape victims and accident victims? Didn't they know walking out alone at night or driving on the highway was dangerous? That in an ideal world, nobody would get raped or be in a car accident, but we don't live in an ideal world so shut up? <br /><br />I think you have resentment from your own birth going badly and are finding ridiculous ways to vent the frustration. In 2012, women are ENTITLED to make choices about their bodies, and as taxpayers or as patients paying Goid money for their care, they deserve to have doctors listen to them. <br /><br />It's not 1700. It's not OK to leave a woman to deliver a baby without pain relief and/or a c section if she so desires. <br /><br />If hospitals are understaffed, we need to find wats to address that, not to blame women for expecting a basic standard of care. JBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407024528817445986.post-47732320714949576462012-09-28T15:35:47.141-07:002012-09-28T15:35:47.141-07:00Cassie - I feel and felt that I had reasonable exp...Cassie - I feel and felt that I had reasonable expectations about what kind of care was or should have been accessible, and had I been informed my expectations were not reasonable I would have made alternate plans and preparations. Women should not be deprived of their right to make treatment decisions simply because they are pregnant - and they should be ENTITLED to a reasonable amount of access to epidural pain relief and cesarean section. If women are to 'take back birth' then they should be able to avail themselves of the full spectrum of choice and not just the spectrum of choice that is cheapest or fits the agenda of the natural childbirth industry. Given your profile information, you seem a bit hypocritical.Mrs. W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00421131727849720502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407024528817445986.post-74240062263283914182012-09-28T09:21:15.167-07:002012-09-28T09:21:15.167-07:00I don't understand why you feel you were ENTIT...I don't understand why you feel you were ENTITLED to an epidural and a section. Neither of those are basic human rights. I don't understand why you feel you were betrayed by your body. Childbirth is, after all, a normal body function. Millions of North American women plan drug free vaginal births each year, and 25-40% of them end up in sections. You planned a pain free section, and you ended up with a drug free vaginal delivery. Plans don't always work out, and when we decide to carry a baby to term we have to accept this and do our best to prepare for any eventuality. We have to accept the reality that the anesthesiologist covering LD might be home sick the day we go into labor, might get into an accident on the way to the hospital, or he/she might be busy with emergencies. We have to accept that issues may arise at the last minute that make an epidural unsafe. If you had attended a prenatal class you would have been warned that there was absoultey no guarantee that you would get an epidural or a section, and you would have been encouraged to prepare yourself for that emotionally. In smaller hospitals, we have to accept that there isn't always going to be an anesthesiologist on duty. Hell, in the BC hospital, where I had my first son, there was no anesthesiologist OR OB/GYN on weekends, and of course, I went into labor at 30 weeks on a Saturday! No OB/GYN coverage meant there was no one there to recognize I was even IN labor until it was too late to stop it (no one to give me the epidural I desperately wanted, either!). In a perfect world, all women who want an epidural or a section would have access to one, 24/7/365, but we don't LIVE in a perfect world. Cassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02959980648553457975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407024528817445986.post-57451642326550424022012-07-18T13:51:49.802-07:002012-07-18T13:51:49.802-07:00Sadly there is a deep current of misogyny surround...Sadly there is a deep current of misogyny surrounding childbirth. Autonomy and informed consent go out the window in terms of your medical decisions, because there's a deep seated belief that it's just something that women should go through. It's acceptable to treat labouring women in ways that you would never treat another (male) patient. You are very brave for standing up for yourself and for other women. Don't forget that the first civil rights campaigners on any issue always have it the hardest, but they forge the path for others to follow. I wish you every success.Bundlekinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04229863308021257132noreply@blogger.com