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Re: Unassisted home birth From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu) Mon Oct 23 13:42:08 2000 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Suzanne S. Powell: "Re: interesting ASA article" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: breech delivery" In reply to: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Unassisted home birth" Next in thread: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Unassisted home birth" Reply: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Unassisted home birth" Efrain, the key phrase here is "I just believe that home delivery is riskier for both the mother and the baby-" There is NOTHING in the medical literature to support that (assuming you limit your definition of home delivery to planned home birth in a screened patient with a trained attendant). We cannot base our practice on what some providers "just believe". Gosh, people once "just believed" that the earth was flat and the sun and all the planets revolved around it. Thank God other folks decided to study the situation. Read the references presented in the last few posts by Alana Millman to see what the folks who have studied home birth have concluded. -- Anna Meenan, MD, FAAFP I have just heard there is a new department head at one of our local hospitals who "just believes" that it is unsafe to allow family practitioners to attend births "unsupervised". Hmmm. I think that merits further discussion too. At Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Efrain Ramirez wrote: > >At Sun, 22 Oct 2000, Kathi Wilson wrote: >I am not "rabid" Kathi - I just feel strongly about it -that's all - I >understand your arguments - but sometimes a discussion becomes useless >when both parties disagree in fundamental issues. I just happen to >believe that home delivery is riskier for both the mother and the baby - >If something happens to that baby or mother I would feel horrible for >the rest of my life - even though she was well informed - etc,etc, >--forgive my "language" - I do appreciate your remarks - > >>Efrain, I have been loathe to even get into this argument because you are so rabid >>about it. All I ask is: Please show me the evidence to support your statements. >>That's all. >> >>(Where's Woolley when you need him?) >> >>-- >>Kathi Wilson, RM >>Ilderton, Ontario, Canada >>mailto:wilsonk@gtn.on.ca >>********************** >>Thames Valley Midwives >>********************** >>********************** >>346 Platts Lane, >>London, Ontario, Canada >> >>http://tvm.on.ca >>mailto:info@tvm.on.ca >> >-- >"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive." > >Marianne Williamson > Next message: Suzanne S. Powell: "Re: interesting ASA article" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: breech delivery" In reply to: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Unassisted home birth" Next in thread: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Unassisted home birth" Reply: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Unassisted home birth"

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