What irresponsible bullshit is this. Someone is telling a lot of lies to women and articles like this are normalising them and spreading them further. Choice schmoice. Is it just My Choice to drink till paralytic when pregnant? To refuse to use a car seat? To lie down in the middle of the road and hope cars don't hit me when I'm pregnant? To have no brakes on my car? The reality is that this woman had unnecessary surgery which had three times the likelihood of killing her or the baby, a massive risk of losing her uterus, PND, being unable to establish a breastfeeding relationship, PTSD, and the myriad of other wellknown risks from all the drugs and crap put into her and her baby. She may have the dubious right to demand unnecessary surgery in obstetrics but does she have the right to also inflict this on her child? So if we want to call it choice, would that be her child's choice?
We need to get back our outrage at the innately pathological act that is cutting into perfectly healthy bodies for no reason. Endangering our lives and that of our babies isn't just a "choice" or a "right" it's a supremely selfdestructive act within a powerfully misogynist context that has left us with the utterly appalling hospital system we have. Let's all have colostomy bags fitted so we don't have to be so uncivilised as to defecate. Perhaps we could be fed via tubes to avoid eating and swallowing? This stuff is the very acme of disgusting. J ----- Original Message ----- From: "suzi and brett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 2:55 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Elective c-section article > Who wants to be civilised ? This is our chance to be gorgeously uncivilised, > raunchy and wild ! > > But i do respect her right to choose what she feels is best for her. Suzi > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au> > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 7:38 PM > Subject: [ozmidwifery] Elective c-section article > > > > http://www.mydr.com.au/default.asp?article=3614 > > > > I just read this article on why a woman chose an elective c-section. She > > refers to it as being the civilised way to give birth. How awful and I > > can't believe it was published. > > > > Sam. > > > > -- > > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. > > > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.