Dannii Minogue transfers to hospital...

[Erin_25]

They are only using it as a scare tactic because of who it is and everyone know's the name, but they must remember she was the one who wanted it that way - she has not come out saying how bad it is. So if she was "all for it" we can only hope she speaks her mind on how and what happened to clarify. Ahhhh silly media!!

[Mummato2]

I posted this on my FB this morning and got some interesting responses including a friend of mine stating that "there's no way i'd be pushing out my baby on the kitchen floor with no pain relief. This isn't Africa! We have wonderful hospitals and drugs for a reason"....wow.....so sad this is how women view HB because of the stupid media's inaccurate reporting.

Makes me angry

[deletedit]

"there's no way i'd be pushing out my baby on the kitchen floor with no pain relief. This isn't Africa! We have wonderful hospitals and drugs for a reason"

Oi to your friend! I had a baby on the floor without pain relief on the weekend! In Australia! In a hospital!

[Kazbah]

Oi to your friend! I had a baby on the floor without pain relief on the weekend! In Australia! In a hospital!

Just shows how uneducated people get so scared at letting your body do what's best. Way to go RE!

[Alan]

There is no difference between this transfer and a person being transferred from a small hospital to a larger hospital. Doctors do this all the time and it is not a problem. Yet if a homebirth transfers to hospital then it is, apparently, a failure and a good reason not to birth at home.

[ShellyBean]

Aghhh!! Why can the media never present a balanced view of anything! This fiasco now has DH doubting our homebirth decision and I am not looking forward to trying to convince him again

[allycat06]

There is no difference between this transfer and a person being transferred from a small hospital to a larger hospital. Doctors do this all the time and it is not a problem. Yet if a homebirth transfers to hospital then it is, apparently, a failure and a good reason not to birth at home.

That is an excellent point Alan, never thought about it like that.

[RhiChiChi]

There is no difference between this transfer and a person being transferred from a small hospital to a larger hospital. Doctors do this all the time and it is not a problem. Yet if a homebirth transfers to hospital then it is, apparently, a failure and a good reason not to birth at home.

Exactly Alan! I commented and used the example of 'no different to being a private patient in a private hospital that doesn't have emergency facilities, you would be t'ferred to a public hospital if it is an emergency/warranted.'

[ezymay]

I just read the other article the telegraph had and some of the comments are just terrible!!! Calling homebirthers idiots and stupid!!! Awful!
TBH I don't think a home birth is for me but I don't think that means it isn't a great choice for somebody else!
Poor Dannii she should just be left alone to enjoy her new little man not be attacked for her choice. Who's business is it anyway how she had her baby!!??!! I really hate the media sometimes.

[Jaycee]

I did watch it fleur, it was a complete one sided argument, I was fuming watching it!!

[Fleur]

it was a complete one sided argument,

That's what I mean! not so much an argument... more a soapbox for the anti-hb's

And, like I said, I don't know much about home birth, I can't quote figures etc... i know BellyBelly, is all.. but even if I wasn't on BB; blind freddie can see that it's all one sided, I would STILL want to hear BOTH sides of the story. And it's not being put out there..which I actually find really disturbing.

[ladybird11]

I heard Amanda Blair on the radio this afternoon (in SA) make all sorts of negative comments "I don't want to give birth when the kids are hanging around wanting to know when dinner will be ready or have my husband ask me to feed the dogs". Hmmmm, *rolling eyes & shaking head*.

Good on ya Danni - and welcome Ethan :-)

[meow]

I heard Amanda Blair on the radio this afternoon (in SA) make all sorts of negative comments "I don't want to give birth when the kids are hanging around wanting to know when dinner will be ready or have my husband ask me to feed the dogs".

Because a midwife hanging around telling you you have 15 mins to get the baby out or an ob hassling you onto the syntocin or c-sect because it's getting close to his home time is SOOO much better.

[PollyA]

I just replied to the 7pm project thread but this one seems more general and buzzing.
The media is sinking to new lows. It made me laugh to read that Today Tonight seemed to be the most balanced on this issue...doesn't say much for the rest of the media.

As far as 7pm project goes
No matter what the argument or which side you fall it is bad journalism to present a story by saying its controversial and proceed to present a very biased, one sided patronising piece.
Schmickers made the good point that its a comedy news show, but the truth is loads of people watch it as a palateble way of keeping up to date, and there are other shows doing the same one sided rubbish.
I hope they give a right of reply to someone who can point out that the "evidence" quoted by Mr "doctor-knows-best" RANZCOG is flawed and that the kind of home births that are mainstream in many developed countries (including the UK where the NHS supports homebirth), that is low risk, healthy women are actually supported by the evidence,
Aaarrggh!
I am ashamed to identify as a doctor after hearing such patronising views presented. In Ina Mays Spiritual Midwifery there is a doctor who decides that her MD stands for midwife in disguise. We're not MDs in AUstralia but I think thats me too. It is this issue that will be the other thing that sends me to NZ should we have an Abbott prime ministership. Its a scary prospect to practice obstetrics (the way it should be practiced) in this country at the moment.