in short, hear hear. Having some knowledge of what you're talking about (I worked for a non-profit that dealt with birthing and was militantly pro-natural birth, for good and bad reasons)its clear that this is an issue that shouldn't be. Or at least not as much of a problem as it is. The thing that boggles my mind is the evolutionary piece, as you mentioned. Really people? We've evolved for this long and nature didn't work out the whole birthing process? We didn't seem to have a problem populating the planet before hospitals.
I am able to believe that the medical profession has helped many babies and mothers; I can imagine that we are, with our analytical, scientific minds able to augment the birthing experience or, at least, address problems that naturally arise. But its not about augmenting, its about replacing birth with something better, more efficient, louder, fizz bang wow IT'S BIRTH v2.0, now deliver your baby online!
This is to say that hospitals still seem to be bass-ackwards about so much that seems so basic, so willfully ignorant or filled with professional hubris that cannot acknowledge the primacy of a woman's body. Hospitals in general evokes many of the conflicting feelings I have about Western civilization in general. So much good, so much bad; all in the name of progress.
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I am able to believe that the medical profession has helped many babies and mothers; I can imagine that we are, with our analytical, scientific minds able to augment the birthing experience or, at least, address problems that naturally arise. But its not about augmenting, its about replacing birth with something better, more efficient, louder, fizz bang wow IT'S BIRTH v2.0, now deliver your baby online!
This is to say that hospitals still seem to be bass-ackwards about so much that seems so basic, so willfully ignorant or filled with professional hubris that cannot acknowledge the primacy of a woman's body. Hospitals in general evokes many of the conflicting feelings I have about Western civilization in general. So much good, so much bad; all in the name of progress.