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Re: choices From: Elrod Glen Maj 3 MDG/SGOB (Glen.Elrod@ELMENDORF.af.mil) Fri Mar 19 10:08:56 2004 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Re: Choices" Previous message: Heidi: "Re: FRI Choices" Maybe in reply to: donna: "choices" Next in thread: Heidi: "Re: choices" Reply: Heidi: "Re: choices" My personal opinion is not that choices aren't a good thing, most certainly they are, its the issue of home birth that hits home, pardon the pun. We have a small hospital with 50 deliveries a month, with normal health population. In the last 6 months we have had an infant death in labor, a postpartum hemorrhage requiring an ICU stay for 2 days, 2 postpartum pulmonary emboli within hours to days of delivery and several of the "thank god I was close by" sort of decels. And this is a small facility! Yes, home deliveries are an option, so is driving without a seatbelt. Neither of which I would think are in the best interest of safety. Glen D. Glen Elrod, Maj, USAF, MC Medical Director Women's Health Center Elmendorf AFB, AK 99506 -----Original Message----- From: Kipperkid [mailto:kipperkid@actrix.gen.nz] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 9:57 PM To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L Subject: Re: choices Yes Donna, for heavens sakes you might actually challenge the fragile egos that reside on this list ;-) Heaven forbid anyone should agree with a lowly midwife. In disgust and sisterhood Annemarie RM, BMid, New Zealand (also the victim of this kind of attitude on this list...but still here!) >----- Original Message ----- From: "Braun, R. Daniel" <rbraun@iupui.edu> To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 10:45 AM Subject: Re: choices > OK, eveerybody, just bite your tongues and keep quiet. > > -----Original Message----- > From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net on behalf of donna > Sent: Thu 3/18/2004 3:30 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L > Cc: > Subject: choices > > """"If our culture doesn't quickly get some intensive schooling on the fact > that with pregnancy, labor, and delivery there *are no guarantees* and > superior care *will not eliminate many bad outcomes*, I do not feel > hopeful."" > > and the place to start would be Midwives being part of the choices for > women to make. To be able to choose a homebirth with a > Midwife. When we educate and inform...true information,.. then people feel > they are part of the process not something that is being DONE to them. > Since homebirth with a non CNM midwife has proven to be as safe as any > other place to birth, we as a society should offer that to all women. > There are NO guarantees thus EACH women must make their own decisions > > Donna > alabama midwife. > Next message: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Re: Choices" Previous message: Heidi: "Re: FRI Choices" Maybe in reply to: donna: "choices" Next in thread: Heidi: "Re: choices" Reply: Heidi: "Re: choices"

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