Would you give birth in a midwifery led unit?

[SunnyRain]

... it is obvious by my apearance that I am not African.

I really enjoyed your post, Tuckers Daughter. It's interesting that we (humans) keep going through trends of fighting for different freedoms (fighting for excellent medical care in pregnancy and birth one day and then fighting for the freedom to give birth in a maple forest the next.) I enjoy us as a curious species who always has to fight fight fight. Maybe it is a good idea to step back a moment and consider how things are actually pretty good for us women in the first world who aren't giving birth in rice paddies and going straight back on with work.

But just out of pure curiosity because your story was scary, what do you look like? Why did the midwife think you were of African heritage if you're not? 3 weeks overdue is excessive surely for any woman, no matter what her race?

Also, Women used to die in child birth too frequently due to infections because there was no sanitisation in hospitals or by health care providers. Doctors used to wear their white coats splattered with the dried blood of previous operations as a sign of their experience. Mud and guts lined the floors and walls and medical equipment wasn't sterilised properly.

[tuckers daughter]

I really enjoyed your post, Tuckers Daughter. It's interesting that we (humans) keep going through trends of fighting for different freedoms (fighting for excellent medical care in pregnancy and birth one day and then fighting for the freedom to give birth in a maple forest the next.) I enjoy us as a curious species who always has to fight fight fight. Maybe it is a good idea to step back a moment and consider how things are actually pretty good for us women in the first world who aren't giving birth in rice paddies and going straight back on with work.

But just out of pure curiosity because your story was scary, what do you look like? Why did the midwife think you were of African heritage if you're not? 3 weeks overdue is excessive surely for any woman, no matter what her race?

Also, Women used to die in child birth too frequently due to infections because there was no sanitisation in hospitals or by health care providers. Doctors used to wear their white coats splattered with the dried blood of previous operations as a sign of their experience. Mud and guts lined the floors and walls and medical equipment wasn't sterilised properly.

This is what annoyed me, I am run of the mill generic anglo, blonde hair blue eyes etc. The consulting midwife, or whatever her title was being flippant, possibly because she was out of her depth and more interested in pushing a political agenda than offering real medical care. I am all for midwives controlling the birthing process, but can't understand why so many women on this forum are anti doctor. All my experiences have been in public hospitals and any contact I have had with doctors, in terms of forcep deliver of my first and the dreaded stitches post birth in both births have involved caring female doctors. If not for the intervention of doctors with my first child I wouldn't be here, that is the reality. We have access to fabulous medical care in this country, there are women in third world countries who have to endure homebirths as a matter of course who would find many of the anti doctor posts in this thread puzzling to say the least.