Birth Forecast: Cloudy w/ a Chance of Cesarean: 2012

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

A New Day...

...a fresh beginning. As I'd said before, I was (am) hoping to get this blog more active. Well, here I am again, hoping... starting w/ my new Blog Charter (check out my new tab..woohoo, getting nifty)... and revamping our ICAN chapter here locally and helping prepare for the 2013 Conference , and posting posting posting. I just signed on to be an affiliate for The Pink Kit ...because I believe in it very strongly...it is tied to my last and final birth attempt, with Noah....and tied to the only shred of belief I had left in me....meaning belief in myself and my body, not of my God. Or maybe it was belief in his creation...in His power, that wavered. I'm not sure. But, when everyone else said "no"...the Pink Kit said "yes." And I still hold on to that. So (again) ...stay tuned. :)

Better Birth for Bama, Better Birth for the U.S.A

Today's birth climate, in Alabama and the country, is bleak, and most people aren't even aware of this. The maternal mortality rate is rising (and was too high to begin with) and the infant mortality rate is higher than some 3rd world countries. The national cesarean rate is 31.8% as of 2007. The World Health Organization has maintained for years that the cesarean rate for ANY country should be NO higher than 10 - 15% AT MOST. So over half of cesareans are unnecessary. And cesareans are MAJOR abdominal surgery, with all of the risks that entails. They are not simply another "birth choice." They are miracles, when truly necessary and prudent. But they are harming women, and I was one of the women harmed by them, forever scarred. Who is to blame? Everyone points the fingers at someone else. Doctors? yes, but they say it's the women requesting the cesareans or it's the threat of malpractice that leads them to do more cesareans (never mind they hippocratic oath) or it's because women have gotten "lazy" or "fat" or..XYZ. Women? yes, they need to get educated about their options, about their bodies, about the facts. It's not about being "brave" or not, if you go "natural" (ie, no drugs/epidural) or about "just an experience" if you choose out-of-hospital birth (studies suggest it's just as safe as hospital birth.) Get INFORMED. Insurance companies/health care in America? yes, we need reform. Societal attitudes about birth? yes.... all of these things and more...the birth "climate" is just bleak. But I am fighting for safer birth in America. Safer birth, Better birth...for our daughters. Please join the fight.

Birth Forecast: Cloudy w/ a Chance of Cesarean

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