[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > * Letters to the Editor (24/1/02)* > > Thursday, 24 January 2002 > > > *These women likely to need caesareans* > DR BARBARA VERNON of the Maternity Coalition (CT, Letters, January 17) > disagrees in part with the sentiments of Dr Heather Munro upon her > retirement. As you might expect I find myself totally in agreement > with Dr Munro, as I imagine would most practising obstetricians. > > Since a large number of well educated women, particularly the older > ones or those with particularly precious pregnancies
what constitutes a 'particularly precious pregnancy'? & how is one child (or one womans birth experience) more 'precious' than another? > who are more likely to require caesareans, tend to go to experienced > private obstetricians for their confinement, Dr Vernon is committing > (presumably deliberately) the first sin of statistics, namely, the > presentation of data derived from the comparison of dissimilar groups. > M. A. STAFFORD-BELL > Deakin > *More seeking intervention* > AS A GP who practised obstetrics for over 25 years I take issue with > the letter of Dr Barbara Vernon (CT, January 17). > > Many women are choosing intervention. Some are primigravidas (first > pregnancies) and have heard about the terrors of labour. yeah the good ole' "terrors of labour". and who the hell are they hearing about these from? (ps. are they anything like the "dogs of war"?damn it, from now on I'll always think of them as the terriers of labour) > Others have experienced a difficult labour and do not wish to do so again. yeah I wonder why........... > In either case, a vaginal delivery would be desirable from the > obstetric viewpoint but in this day of choice they insist on (and > receive) a caesarean section. um, yeah & all the breech babies, the 'your baby is far too big for your pelvis (& ends up being 1.5 kg under the obs guess)' situations, the 'I dont want to come back at 2am so we'll do a c/s now at 6pm so I can go home for dinner' jobs, and my personal favourite, the referral to the ob who is so shit-scared of any woman in her power that they will do anything to 'help' her out of it. > > Obstetricians do not intervene for other than good, sound, medical > reasons (with the exception stated above). hallo, what planet have you just come from? oh sorry I dint realise that making the repayments on the BMW, the 2 storey waterfront 'bungalow' and the yearly overseas trip constituted 'good sound medical reasons'. > > Dr ALAN D. SHROOT > Aranda yes I know Im shooting from the hip here, dont flame me, just feeling particly cynical 2day, I'll get over it :) jennifairy > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
