Controversial Pregnancy & Birth Documentary

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People just dont want to believe that when they have so much trust and faith in the medical system (because they no longer have faith in their own bodies as a result of this system). Here are some stats from Ina May Gaskin's birth centre, who is extremely respected in the birth world - and she is not the only one doing it, I also have stats for a GP in Europe doing the exact same thing but only with something like 20,000 births in his career. Ina May Gaskin is in the documentary.

Stats for 'The Farm'
1970-2005 - 2286 births

births completed 95.1%
transports 4.9%
emergency transports 1.3%
primigravidas 44.7%
multigravidas 55.3%
grand multiparas 8.4%
caesareans 1.5% - transverse etc. First 400 births 0.5%
forceps 0.4%
vacuum 0.1%
inductions 5.4% e.g. with methods like castor oil
maternal mortality 0
neonatal mortality 0.36%

There were no more stats but I found this on her site which I thought I would add, which is only based on stats up to the year 2000:

Cases with no preeclampsia - 99.61%
Cases of preeclampsia - .39%
Cases with no hemorrhage - 98.2%
Cases of postpartum hemorrhage - 1.8%

How else can we explain whats going on in hospitals? People just dont want to believe that corporate greed and ignorance exists in hospitals and that money makes the world go around. Midwives are leaving the profession in droves, they are struggling to cope in an environment which goes against everything they know and believe in. Without those midwives we are left with a system with care from doctors and midwives who only know the system, and you get 'in the system' births.

This is not judging where people choose to give birth, but actually defending those who are giving birth in hospital, saying there should be much better outcomes for women birthing there. Who wants an unnecessary vacuum, forceps or caesarean? They aren't attacking women's choices but standing up for all women saying birth should be a better experience. But there is so much hostility towards it when they are actually on every woman's team. And if they created a doco saying, yeah birth is okay, it could be better - who's gonna sit up and watch it? They need to be extreme because the situation is extreme.