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Re: gional Physician Backup for Homebirths

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Mon, 31 Jul 2000 19:05:54 -0500 (CDT)

i dont really agree with you that doctors see midwives who perform home births as competition. for one thing our society has managed to so instill fear of birth in women that at this point the majority of women simply will not consider a home birth. while for a few doctors competition is a reason,i believe there are several reasons why some doctors do not support home birth. i monitor the professional list here at ob-gyn for my own education as an aspiring midwife. there are some doctors who truly fear birth. they are certain that if the interventions are not performed or a trained ob is not around something will go drastically and horribly wrong. there are other doctors who truly believe these interventions are entirely necessary and will never recognize that those very intervention help lead to problems. there are those doctors who belive they HAVE do 'do' birth in 'this' way due to the fear of malpractice lawsuits and/or requirements by hospitals or malpractice infurance. i, personally, can see a certain truth to this one. we live in a society that not only resfuses to take responsibility for itself, but also feels the need find someone to blame who has to pay when things go badly. and then there are those few doctors who will not keep themselves up-to-date or refuse to believe the data that exists against their interventions.

i am sure there are other reasons. what i am trying to say is that the reasons doctors refuse to support home birth are as varied as the doctors themselves. despite the fact that every reputable study i have seen demonstrates that attended home birth is as safe if not safer than hospital birth, doctors will continue to refuse to support home birth for a very long time, and society itself will do the same thing. after all how many years has it taken to ingrain our society with the fear of birth?

vicki

(and i was going to stay out of this one!)

At Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Jennifer wrote: >
>you don't have the right to insist that a
>>physician participate in something that he or she adamantly opposes.
>William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
>>Clarksville, TN
>
>I would have to agree that I do not have the right to insist that anyone
>do anything that they oppose. Not only do I not have the right, but I
>do not have the authority. I am simply dreaming that one day doctors
>will respect the fact that patients should have some control over their
>bodies and the decisions that they make. I am not directing my anger at
>you or holding you responsible for past experiences, but I just don't
>believe that the medical profession always knows best. The medical
>attitude seems to be "INTERVENE, INTERVENE, INTERVINE!!!!"....sometimes
>that only causes problems. There is a time and a place for medicine,
>but it is not always necessary. Doctors can advise against hombirths,
>but if the concern for the safety of the mother and baby is genuine why
>be unwilling to take an emergency. This seems parallel to abortions.
>When they were illegal people did it anyway and it was a lot more
>dangerous.
>

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