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Re: ChoicesFrom: Heidi (heidi@nybble.net)Fri Mar 19 09:44:50 2004
> And how many moms who deliver at home have access to blood transfusions > and antibiotics? Unfortunately, you can't have it both ways, Heidi. > Blood transfusion and antibiotics are "medical advances" that have > clearly made childbirth as well as life in general more safe. But, Dr. Glazerman, neither of these advances requires delivery to be planned for a hospital, and in the overwhelming majority of cases they are not needed at all. I never said medicine has no place in birth. My original plan, from the time I was a child, was to be an OB or a Neonatologist, however, having been part of the system 8 years ago, after choosing nurse-midwifery instead, and having watched some awfully scary political and administrative decisions that were not based in any way on the needs of mothers and babies, I decided not to work within that system. I am lucky enough that my mentors have excellent relationships with respectful doctors who know where their area of expertise lies, just as we know where ours stops.
-- Heidi Streufert
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