tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294794766428738036.post1765907006886291826..comments2024-02-18T00:50:21.175-08:00Comments on Birth Unplugged: "Preaching to the choir" and what is in store for 2011Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621569580858604541noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294794766428738036.post-70770029396651054952011-01-12T09:55:39.878-08:002011-01-12T09:55:39.878-08:00I think it's very important to take a hard loo...I think it's very important to take a hard look at the natural birth movement. It's been around for about 50 years and maternity care in the hospital hasn't improved all that much. Why? What resources aren't we using that we could be? Who are we alienating? <br /><br />I feel part of the problem is far too much time spent educating parents and not near enough time spent educating doctors. We need to reach the medical schools while the doctors are learning. We need to reach the hospital administrators. Reaching parents does almost no good at all-in fact it does harm because we set them up to fail. We show them all these wonderful things, and why certain things are 'bad' but then we send them into a broken system that they have no hope of conquering. That's setting them up to fail and to feel guilty.<br /><br />I have yet to read a natural birth blog that is dedicated to these issues, very interested in reading what you you have to say to the 'choir'.Curlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06176883112936068271noreply@blogger.com