RE: [ozmidwifery] Every choice is equal..but some are more equal than others

[Janet Fraser]

It just goes to show who's setting the agenda for the discourse around birth 
and how it's about the control of women's bodies not safety at all! Birth is 
a feminist issue!!!

J


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Re: [ozmidwifery] Every choice is equal..but some are more equal than others

[Great Birth]

What a neat assessment Jo! _David Vernon, Editor and WriterHaving a Great Birth in Australia, Men at Birth, With Women - Shiftwork to Caseload and The Hunt for MarasmusGPO Box 2314, Canberra ACT 2601, AustraliaEm: Click here to email meMy other websites:	Beryl's Hansard | A Busy Dad's Guide to Cooking | Kitty & Maus _ On 31/05/2006, at 2:35 PM, Dean & Jo wrote:At the CS forum in Vic on the weekend I discussed how differentlychoice/fears are concerned when it comes to birthing women:A woman can choose to birth cs for no medical indicatorButA woman trying to choose to have a NATURAL vaginal birth is lesssupportedA woman who is terrified of vaginal birth would not be force to birthvaginally ButA woman who is terrified of cs is told not to be so sillyA woman can choose and be fully supported to have a cs because she hadone last timeBut A woman who wants to choose vbac is given the hard time.Basically comes down toA woman can choose an obstetricianBUTA woman can not choose a known midwifeChoice, fear, informed decisionsall in the interpretation!jo-- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/337 - Release Date: 5/11/2006--This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics.Visit  to subscribe or unsubscribe. 

[ozmidwifery] Every choice is equal..but some are more equal than others

[Dean & Jo]

At the CS forum in Vic on the weekend I discussed how differently
choice/fears are concerned when it comes to birthing women:

A woman can choose to birth cs for no medical indicator
But
A woman trying to choose to have a NATURAL vaginal birth is less
supported

A woman who is terrified of vaginal birth would not be force to birth
vaginally 
But
A woman who is terrified of cs is told not to be so silly

A woman can choose and be fully supported to have a cs because she had
one last time
But A woman who wants to choose vbac is given the hard time.

Basically comes down to
A woman can choose an obstetrician
BUT
A woman can not choose a known midwife


Choice, fear, informed decisionsall in the interpretation!

jo

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