Dear list, On a film/documentary on rape a counsellor made the following statement,"Closure is a myth, a woman after being raped is never the same."She then quoted a case where a woman never slept more than 2-3 hours,wore runners to bed( she thought that if she had being wearing runners she could have escaped) and her marriage broke up.I thought after a horrible birth a woman is never the same.I know I am not the same woman before I had Edwina almost 4 years ago.I changed insurance co. so a homebirth would be covered and soon after having Samuel we changed to just basic cover as I no longer trusted private hospitals( Edwina was born in a private hospital).I also started setting boundaries with people and with the time and money saved started a small investment portfolio.This has grown over time to possibly giving us in the next 1-2 years a basic income.Is this better than before?Quite honestly I don't know but it is 'different' to where I was 4 years ago.Ann --- Andrea Bilcliff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MessageYesterday I heard about a woman who birthed > recently. She arrived at hospital already 5cm > dilated after just having a 'show' at home. She was > pressured into having an ARM to 'get things moving > along' (?!?!). This was her first baby and he was > born with the aid of forceps (after a failed vacuum > extraction) just four hours later for failure to > progress! There was no fetal distress prior to the > birth but her baby needed resuscitation and went > 'battered & bruised' to the nursery. She was told > that if her baby had gone to term (he was 10 days > 'early') he would have died because the cord was > around his neck! The woman developed an infection > and is having breastfeeding problems. > Needless to say she wants a homebirth if there is a > next time. > Vicki's right...it is tragic : ( > Andrea B > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Vicki Chan > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 12:37 AM > Subject: [ozmidwifery] another horror story > > > A woman I spoke to yesterday spoke of her > starstruck obstetrician being overly excited about > the celeb status of her husband...her labour was > rocking along beautifully but it didnt look like > hubby would make it for the birth...the ob arranged > for her to have an epidural which rendered her > incapacitated when her husband finally made it... no > problem! that's why God invented Vacuum > Extractors!! Her first babe she'd managed to birth > unaided. Tragic! > > We could (and will, no doubt) go on!
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