i am all for people having choice in giving birth where and how they want, but i agree with Kelly - this is definitely aimed at HB bashing! the question

Did you have your second child the traditional way in a hospital?
is enough to tell you there and then that he's trying to bag home birth big time. yes, it's important to know the pro's and cons, but really - hospital birth as "traditional"?? that's such a load!! it's only become the "norm" since scare mongering by medical professionals started out - how else do they collect their pay packets if women choose not to use their services??

this is a blatant attack, before he even starts his show, on the institution of midwifery led care. i think we can all acknowledge that there are times when Ob's are needed, but it's not the majority of cases, it's the minority. try telling that to a first time mum who watches a show like the one he is planning here though - try making her feel confident in her ability to birth if she doesn't happen to make the hospital even if she planned a hospital birth. if you're not educated on ALL sides of an argument, you're not getting the full picture and we, as women, deserve to be treated with more respect than that. we're not just little puppets that should be scared into conforming to the medical model of child birth by idiots like Dr Phil who believe they know better than anyone else what should and shouldn't happen!! i don't let anyone dictate to me what should and shouldn't happen in my life - i make educated and informed decisions - but fear is a great tool for people to use to manipulate you to their way of thinking - and that is what he's trying to do here....


FWIW - i think any "doctor" worth their salt wouldn't be trying to cure the worlds ill's by appearing on TV and trying to push their agenda on the world by judging their choices and manipulating scenarios to ONLY show their POV. a doctor that is worth their ilk would be in private practice actually HELPING people!