I had a friend tell me about her recent birth..........where she was given pitocin, even though she went into labor on her own..........where she was forced to wait to push because they didn'y have a room ready.........where she delivered in an OR because that was the only place availible.........where she needed "permission" to breastfeed and her story was filled with "they allowed me to do this" and "they allowed me to do that".
I was so sad. I can't imagine someone else being in charge of my birth. I can't imagine being in such denial that I would be happy with that. I can't imagine my child coming into the world in chaos in an OR. That makes me so profoundly sad for that baby.
Our bodies are capable. Doctors are trained in what goes wrong. Labor isn't something wrong with you, it's normal. Most problems in labor are CAUSED by the doctors who then fix them and look like heros for it.
I don't understand how smart women can willfully NOT educate themselves about birth. It just seems to be that every woman who knew all the facts would be angry at doctors who performed needless procedures on them. It's weird to me how many women are "happy" with their managed labors. | 
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