I was wondering how he came to the conclusion that some pregnancies are more precious than others.
I thought they paid cash (after receiving payment for each c-sect) for their acquisitions :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: Jenni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 7:44 PM Subject: Re: More from the CT - The OB's have their say.......... > [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. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
