Thanks Epacris, way to go to really know what happens at birth. Maybe you ought to talk to a woman who is VERY well educated, educated herself about childbirth and then had... well, my birth. Way to go to make me feel even worse than I already do right now about everything. *claps hands*. I guess I'm just stupid then. I'm not refering to anything broader than childbirth here either.
I don't have a baby bonus, but I do have free health care. Because their pay doesn't depend on my happiness, their being at my birth doesn't depend on me choosing them, I cannot trust these people. At all. I don't think a free system solves anything - you're just another number, hurry up and get her out because it's lunchtime and we're bored of you now.
Swinging back to freebirth rather than homebirth again now...
ETA s361768, I really feel for you. That birth is MORE than reason to not trust anyone around you ever again. I agree, it is assault, it is a complete violation and HOW do these people get away with it? I didn't even see an ob during pregnancy once, let alone when they were all for chopping me up (only chopped me up a little). OK, I saw a couple of registrars, but they're still supposed to be learning, how do they learn if not from someone who has qualified? Just from violating the women they see?
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