After reading alot of these posts, i'm thinking that what we all really want is HONESTY from the medical profession - no scare mongering - just the real facts about the process of becoming a mum!
There are so many wives tales out there, and just as many medical scare-stories going around that of course women think that pregnancy/labour/birth is dangerous! A good friend of mine is pregnant for the first time and I have had to tell her "dont read any pregnancy books, dont listen to people talk about it their bad experiences - nothing!" because she is paranoid about EVERYTHING that happens - she thinks every little pain is a miscarriage or something wrong with bub... all because of the stories and rubbish shes been told! Shes one of the ones who is sure to be scared into having a c-section or other unnecessary intervention!
What women need is the TRUTH about pregnancy, the TRUTH about labour and the TRUTH about birth (not the scary one-in-a-million rare complications and problems)!
If we were all totally and honestly educated with the truth, then perhaps less women would be choosing c-sections in the first place, and docs would be less able to scare us into making bad decisions.
Last edited by richsaralex; November 21st, 2008 at 10:56 AM.
: just wanted to add something extra! :-)
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