Thanks for sharing this Lisa. Amazing
isn't it? They (medical folks) normalise ultrasound for pregnancy and then
act surprised andtut tut about "consumer led developments" when people,
thinking ultrasound is 'safe' want to have them done to "see" the
baby!
"Bruce Ramsay, a consultant speaking for the Royal College of
Obstetricians and Gynaecology, said: "Keepsake ultrasounds are a new
consumer-led development and undoubtedly increase the exposure of the foetus to
ultrasound with no obvious medical benefit."
good grief! And undermining women's
sense of self and intuitive knowing about being pregnant, coupled with
frightening women about oh so many possible problems with being pregnantand
leading to the tentative pregnancy experience of so many women (is my baby
normal??? "I don't really believe I'm pregnant until I 'see' it; oh, 'low
lying placenta' fears for up to 32 weeks with caesarian hanging over women's
heads like the sword of Damocles)is a 'medical benefit'?
grr
so now it is out there that neurons are
wiring in funny ways (hello? the rise in ADHD, autism etc just may be
associated with ultrasound? what a surprise!)
and...
what about the eggs? If the ovary
has its full complement of eggs (oops ova) by 6-8 weeks post conception...what
does ultrasound do to the DNA/RNA in the ova
hmmm
I've personally wondered if ultrasound
isn't a way that will naturally limit white middle class populations. A
ready built population control mechanism. One way of dealing with the crazy
consumerism plague of western civilisation.
Carolyn Hastie
- Original Message -
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lisa chalmers
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 1:04
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Subject: [ozmidwifery] Article on
ultrasounds from Uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/08/nultra08.xml
Elbert Hubbard: "The object of
teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a
teacher."
