Re: To FACOGs
From: Gerald P. Rodríguez (geraldpr@cybermesa.com)
Mon Nov 21 20:16:51 2005
De aquerdo, Ef. I totally agree.
Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG
Santa Fe
>----- Original Message -----
From: "Efrain Ramirez" <eramirezt@coqui.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: To FACOGs
> Right - so all this discussion about home delivery - at least in USA is
> --useless- at least for me--no way am I going to endorse a home delivery
> - neither medically nor morally.. and yeah - I could be wrong.
>
> Ef
>
> At Mon, 21 Nov 2005, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>In a message dated 11/21/05 8:48:51 PM, eramirezt@coqui.net writes:
>>
>>> Maybe I am wrong but it stated...baci in 2002 Compendium .." Labor and
>>> delivery, while a phisiologic process, clearly presents potential
>>> hazards to both mother and the fetus before and after birth. These
>>> hazards require standards of safety which are provided in the hospital
>>> setting and cannot be matched in the home situation. We support those
>>> actions that improve the experience of the family while continuing to
>>> provide the mother and her infant with accepted standards of safety
>>> available only in hospitals which conform to standards as outlined by
>>> the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of
>>> Obstetricians and Gynecologist"
>>>
>>> Those statements are carved in granite in every lawyer's desk....
>>>
>>Remember what the deal is - to improve on Mother Nature. That's the cause
>>a d
>>aim of "civilization" as we know it.
>>
>>Before civilization, EVERYONE had a "home birth." I've witnessed the grave
>>stones attesting to that heritage. Things have only gotten better. To
>>regre s is
>>foolish.
>>
>>ACOG is (apparently) attempting to support a "home birth" experience in a
>>setting that provides all the modern safeguards. Make the mother comfy but
>>et a
>>good outcome.
>>
>>To provide a "home birth" experience at "home" or in a rice paddy or in a
>>cave, while it may be attractive to some, subverts and obstructs the
>>advanc of
>>civilization. Hugging a tree does not make it a wooden house. Mother
>>Nature has
>>many notches on her guns.
>>
>>Remember, as much as "home delivery" was the rule, the Chamberlins and
>>thei
>>mysterious instrument was a good thing. The Kaiser and his snit was a good
>>thing. And one can go on and on.
>>
>>So yes, IMHO, ACOG got THIS one right. It's not their habit, but it worked
>>this time.
>>
>>Joe P.
>
> --
> Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order
> to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
> Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)
>
> ~walt whitman~
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