Yes BREATHE Marilyn! lol jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Kleidon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 3:16 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] 60 minutes.
> Excellent footage Justine. I was disappointed with the slant of the whole > segment though. We are being presented with promotions of caesarean birth. > Misinformation, misinformation, misinformation. We know that the number of > women seeking elective caesarean births for their first birth is around 1% > (I mean truly elective i.e. by choice with no medical/obstetric reason such > as malpresentation etc.) and yet it was portrayed as being the overall c/s > rate that is, around 30%. They (some of the obstetric community, not all but > some very vocal and public ob's) are doing with c/s what plastic surgeons > have done with botox and plastic surgery for the last 10 years. It is all > about the marketplace and consumerism. Everytime we participate in their so > called debate we end up in an infomercial for obstetric care and caesaren > birth normalisation. > > And you know I have no problem with women like Tracey Curo having the right > to have an elective c/s, in privacy. It is after all their bodies not mine. > Let us just not give them the space to promote it by pretending to be > participating in a public debate/discussion. Please note, I am not for > denying them the right to have their say, I am all for freedom of speech. I > don't want to debate her womanhood or mothering abilities or even her > extreme thinness. But I do not want her birth choices to become the only > options for my daughters. > > We seem to be in a turf war over what will a "normal" birth look like/be and > the ever shrinking number of new mothers. > > ooooh! I have to remember to breathe. > > marilyn > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 5:20 AM > Subject: [ozmidwifery] 60 minutes. > > > > > > Mmmmmmm, just how much is vaginal birth to blame for that serious medical > > issue of a weak pelvic floor? > > > > I wish they had of gone into the evidence....they just make it sound like > it > > is the traditionalist's word against the ob's. > > > > Did anyone else think Tracey Curo looked painfully thin? > > > > And Justine you have beautiful children and well done :) > > > > Jayne > > > > > > > > -- > > 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. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
