I sympathise with Prof Dr Renae Prell's dilemma. Every 'progress' has its 'pri
ce'. Medical miracles and population explosion. There are no free lunches. O
ne may ponder over two extremes of environmental degradation:
Extreme 1: Human started the the destruction/exploitation of the environment by
stepping out of the cave
Extreme 2: Humans and their by products (e.g. hazardous waste) are as much a pa
rt of the environment as animals and their droppings or plants and their remain
s.
Imagine each human being alloted 7 acres of land to live of without any outside
contact. Where would we be if the dinosaurs were still around? I would appreci
ate your coments.
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 19 11:37:04 1996
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 10:36:57 -0800
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Naseem Rakha)
Subject: Re: Birthing environments
>I am an Australian postgraduate student interested in the subject of
>birthing environments, for a research project I am doing.
>
>I am glad you have posted your questions. In a way I am doing my own
research on "birthing."
I am 36, and am contemplating having a child. One of my best friends is a
midwife. For the past 17 years she has delivered thousands of babies, all
of them in the privacy and comfort of people's homes.
She has delivered babies around the world, trying to bring back to women the
power of their own bodies. Most recently my good friend has been working
for her Nursing degree in order to become a certified nurse-midwife.
Her stories about the mechanical "production oriented" approach to delivery
in hospitals across the world, even "enlightened" hospitals that offer cream
scented birthing rooms, are frightening.
Of course if I decide to have a child I will give birth at home. The big
question for me is, do I have the courage to have and raise a child? But
this is another subject.
I will be following the responses to your question closely.
NRakha
