The history of medical intervention in childbirth. It may not be natural, but it's saved a lot of lives.
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1 comment:
intervention is just becoming FAR too commonplace in birth, and "normal" is being defined within those parameters. Horrible. I'm for medical aid where medical aid is warranted, but in birth, we've gone too far and are going further. It's a problem, and it's expensive, as well as dangerous. (Epidurals have a whole set of risks people seem so happy to ignore, just for starters.)
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