Dear Belinda, Just a couple : after 2 weeks of spurious labour the ob. called me "an angry manupulative controlling woman",a lactation consultant informe d me that "wihth useless nipples like thes ,how did you ever feed your other babies" (managed to feed babe 2 for 4.5 years,babe 3 for 2 years and babe 4 for 2 years and suddenly my nipples are useless?)Ann yes there were lots more! --- Belinda Maier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am fascinated with this quote, and pissed off but > unfortunately not surprised. Are we getting > desensitised, well some are definitely. Anyway I am > this week working on a chapter for my PhD thesis > titled (so far) Women want to matter, or maybe Do > women matter? anyway so far this is something I cant > see in almost every interview I have done. My PhD is > a feminist poststructuralsit analysis of what women > tell me they worry about for childbirth. Women are > aware consciously or subconsciously that they dont > matter in a medicalised system of health care for > the pregnancy and birth yet it is something they > desire greatly. This is of course not overly easily > articulated. I would love your permission Turd to > use your quote in my thesis and if anyone else wants > top give me some examples or quotes I will use them. > It is a sad sad situation but I am not a pessimist > we will eventually make change! > Belinda > > > > From: Trudie de keijzer > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 10:55 PM > Subject: [ozmidwifery] obstetric language! > > > This is what I overheard an obstetrician say to a > birthing woman recently, whilst applying a ventouse: > > ' stop screaming....it is all mind over matter...I > don't mind and you don't matter' > if I had not heard it my self I would not have > believed it ...... > we had quite a heated discussion later outside the > labour ward > > with woman...and honoring of midwives > trudie > > > http://www.homebirthservices.com.au > Trudie de Keijzer > phone 02 47574744 > mobile 0438 572337 >
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