Hi all, Just following the drift. High heads at term and pain in labour, c/section for breech, post dates... Can't help being cynical.
Sometimes when you drop in on this childbirth line, it seems that everything that once was normal has now been medicalised, pulled apart, reduced both in size and importance and made plainly unreachable by most women. What are some of these parameters we use to judge normality with? What a long way we have stepped into fear and paranoia around childbirth in such a short time. Even the last few years have seen a marked difference in responses on this line, in my opinion. >From a mother of 4 children born at home, including one double footlings breech baby high at term, one to 44 weeks, one pain free childbirth (just a lot of laughing and mucous), and two not attended by anyone apart from family. I guess I was lucky? The fringe (of normal birth) just gets smaller and smaller..... Sue Cookson -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
