tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407024528817445986.post6726638542432275987..comments2023-12-08T04:59:49.932-08:00Comments on Awaiting Juno: Bad Evidence Drives Bad DecisionsMrs. W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00421131727849720502noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407024528817445986.post-2471272064563355032013-11-22T13:58:09.797-08:002013-11-22T13:58:09.797-08:00I am agreeing with you.
"I have come to the ...I am agreeing with you.<br /><br />"I have come to the terrible and tragic realization that health statistics done poorly and obscured by ideology are endemic when it comes to pregnancy and childbirth."<br /><br />Culture is ideology. I believe statistics will always be obscured by ideology. Always. So either we continue doing what we are doing (and ignore this), or we recognize that there is more to "best care" than just statistics. I am not subject 1234, I am a unique person. I should have the option of personalized healthcare - because no one can truly say with 100% certainty that having a vaginal birth is safer for ME and MY baby (two individuals).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407024528817445986.post-5574815829864296622013-11-22T10:38:51.169-08:002013-11-22T10:38:51.169-08:00Anonymous - regardless of what the "culture&q...Anonymous - regardless of what the "culture" is, those who do not ascribe to it, should not be forced to conform. I find it really reprehensive that there is a willingness to cross a line - the line that says "this is this woman's body, and as such she gets to make the decisions with respect to it." Those decisions might conform with the culture, or they might not, and if they do not - that needs to be her right and it needs to be respected. Otherwise, women are not persons - and that is an idea that should be universally offensive.Mrs. W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00421131727849720502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407024528817445986.post-44645465556591694432013-11-22T09:52:04.429-08:002013-11-22T09:52:04.429-08:00Birth is so connected to culture. There is a huge ...Birth is so connected to culture. There is a huge "pro-nature" "pro-natural" "pro-caveperson diet, lifestyle, exercise and birth" culture in Canada - it is "in" right now. <br /><br />Like all other fads, it will get old. Then the statistics will show something else that seems to correlate well with whatever is "in" at that time. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407024528817445986.post-16647926869799578132013-11-13T08:47:59.023-08:002013-11-13T08:47:59.023-08:00Vaginal delivery is the better descriptor, but &qu...Vaginal delivery is the better descriptor, but "normal birth" seems to be what is in widespread use. I dislike it because it makes anything else "abnormal", and as a result there's a lot of connotations about what is good or bad with deliveries that are not vaginal deliveries. Mrs. W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00421131727849720502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407024528817445986.post-55403774375804675112013-11-12T14:28:07.837-08:002013-11-12T14:28:07.837-08:00I am suprised to see you use the term "normal...I am suprised to see you use the term "normal birth". I might be remembering incorrectly, but I thought that was a term that offended you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com