tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post7824561287993717042..comments2023-10-26T04:41:06.155-07:00Comments on Mama Birth: Think Ricki Lake Is Behind Home Birth Popularity? Think AgainMama Birthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08117513287607189564noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-26007173117475893962012-09-12T13:09:16.106-07:002012-09-12T13:09:16.106-07:00You're a dumbass.You're a dumbass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-63969133621647834402011-12-27T18:47:12.785-08:002011-12-27T18:47:12.785-08:00Maybe I'm the dissenting voice here but I was ...Maybe I'm the dissenting voice here but I was in a high risk pregnancy and birthed at the hospital. My OB knew exactly what I wanted and what I didn't. She tried to spare me from every thing I did not want to happen. I was induced and less than 12 hours of labor had my beautiful baby girl. The epidural didn't work on me though, which is my biggest complaint. But I'm so glad we did things the way we did and everything turned out all right. Some of us HAVE to birth at a hospital and that doesn't make our birthing experience worse than a home birth. I had people to take care of me, to clean me up, to give me supplies for my bleeding, to bring me meals and to make sure that I had the necessary medications to keep my illnesses in check while putting my body through an extremely demanding experience. <br /><br />I just cannot stand extremes on either side. There is no right way to do ANYTHING in life. Not every home birth is going to be an amazing, rewarding experience. Not every hospital birth will be a horrific, awful thing either. If you don't trust your OB, don't settle for him or her. Don't have a home birth just because you hate your doctor. Have a home birth because it's something you really want to do.Bexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615377806737930949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-19791112041729001712011-12-21T09:54:13.648-08:002011-12-21T09:54:13.648-08:00Thank you for posting this. I have four children,...Thank you for posting this. I have four children, all born in a hospital, with less then stellar conditions. All of my doctors were phenomenal but couldn't remember my name without looking at my records. The nurses (all but two) were rude and condescending. They all thought I was odd to want to go through childbirth naturally, they all pushed for a C-section although there was no need. My last child was 12lbs, 1.5oz at birth and I had him completely natural, no drugs or anything. He had no broken or displaced bones and was a big healthy boy. If they had known he was that big, it would of been a C-section. Women need to know that home birth is a viable option. I wish I would of looked into it more. Thanks for the article, I will pass it on.Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07617203657594930815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-16286637095818915162011-11-01T19:38:31.066-07:002011-11-01T19:38:31.066-07:00I love that Ricki Lake and the BoBB documentary fi...I love that Ricki Lake and the BoBB documentary film has helped bring the idea of birthing at home into the mainstream a bit more. Women, and families, even if they still choose to birth in hospital, are becoming more informed. Yay! I have had 4 OOH births, and became a doula after my 5th baby. It is so hard to watch what many women are put through at hospital births with so many interventions and 'policy's' to deal with! I had a young friend who had a baby, who later became an OB in order to help mothers have better experiences than she had as a teen mother. When she was about to begin her OB rotation she asked my advice. I told her over all, to respect women, listen to them… She is known as the natural OB in her area. I'm glad that I have had at least a small impact on a few mothers in my lifetime.Wendyrfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08181462164189472940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-82879127000422510132011-10-15T13:57:32.170-07:002011-10-15T13:57:32.170-07:00I find it a little funny. All the reasons given i...I find it a little funny. All the reasons given in this post were NOT the reason I chose to deliver at home. With my first, I had a great experience at the hospital with an unmedicated vaginal delivery. <br /><br />I chose to have my second at home because I wanted my first child to be able to feel comfortable with her surroundings. I was surrounded by my family and friends - Just as I had envisioned it. I will surely be having my third at home too.<br /><br />It is so unfortunate that women are scared of having babies. We are so much stronger than we thing!!Dr. Vicki Danishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14904350046877122939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-11592150141866764602011-10-13T11:04:45.350-07:002011-10-13T11:04:45.350-07:00what a great post! I had the bad hospital experien...what a great post! I had the bad hospital experience first, too, then saw BOBB (and cried because seeing it earlier may have helped prevent that bad experience), and had my second baby - my VBAC baby - at home. I'll never go back to the hospital because of the birthing climate there. I might consider a birth center, but most don't take VBACs. What a sad state our country's maternal healthcare is in.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12232226024437878940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-24894020828109219622011-10-13T06:32:01.332-07:002011-10-13T06:32:01.332-07:00Thank you for this post. I was induced a week befo...Thank you for this post. I was induced a week before my due date due to high blood pressure, given Pitocin, magnesium sulfate and catheterized. In other words, bedbound. There went my plan. I used hypnobirthing techniques and delivered vaginally without pain medication. I got so tired of people telling me that all that mattered was that my baby and I were healthy. I also could not breastfeed despite the support of a lactation consultant, and I still cry over that loss...my daughter is a toddler. I am tired of being made to feel like I am not supposed to have these feelings. It was not what I wanted and why am I not "allowed" to grieve for that loss?Shanna Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652987585003575225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-56155381976464144662011-10-10T17:43:50.593-07:002011-10-10T17:43:50.593-07:00As a Doula and Childbirth Educator I was so happy ...As a Doula and Childbirth Educator I was so happy to read this post! Keep it up. :)MissUnderstoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787014257625535482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-23525866794716775602011-10-10T16:18:10.552-07:002011-10-10T16:18:10.552-07:00Love it! She may have helped given women the idea...Love it! She may have helped given women the idea, but indeed if the OBs were more supportive to women and their desires, not so many would choose homebirth.Enjoy Birthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13227246774801636777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-58108012980629373042011-10-10T15:24:30.192-07:002011-10-10T15:24:30.192-07:00DONE!
Here it is - this fabulous post in Portugue...DONE!<br /><br />Here it is - this fabulous post in Portuguese!<br /><br />http://www.malmequer.org/news/quando%20o%20abuso%20obstetrico%20convida%20%c3%a0%20fuga%20dos%20hospitais/<br /><br />If you want, I may send it to you in pdf.<br /><br />Thamk you!dia-a-diahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577860739118302129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-135078724729907382011-10-10T09:04:29.137-07:002011-10-10T09:04:29.137-07:00I have seen Hairspray- but only once and it was a ...I have seen Hairspray- but only once and it was a long time ago- funny you should mention that.Mama Birthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117513287607189564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-74945127292152865592011-10-10T08:08:08.077-07:002011-10-10T08:08:08.077-07:00So you were old enough to see the talk show, but I...So you were old enough to see the talk show, but I'm left feeling like you never had a chance to see Hairspray. Please tell me I'm wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-90853056937851464472011-10-10T00:45:26.779-07:002011-10-10T00:45:26.779-07:00My first and second births were in the hospital. I...My first and second births were in the hospital. I had a midwife who was great with my care, but my first birth had to prove to her that I could do it. I got pitocin without consent, my son was taken away for hours on end, and I generally hated the experience. I was given the, "why does it matter so much? You have a healthy baby" line so many times! Three years later, she attended my second birth. I fought everything. I wanted no interventions and I refused to even sign any paperwork until after the birth. It was still fairly traumatic because I was treated horribly by the nurses. My third birth was unassisted, at home because my midwife wasn't on call that day and I knew my wishes wouldn't be heard. I hadn't planned the UC, but it was the most empowering and most healing experience of my life... THEN I watched BOBB. :) Ricki Lake had nothing to do with my decision to birth naturally or have an impromptu home birth. Knowing I wouldn't get the birth I wanted in the hospital without my midwife made my decision for me. OBs made it the easiest decision in the world.Charityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814657111029843674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-66916294923250840372011-10-09T21:59:22.505-07:002011-10-09T21:59:22.505-07:00@dragonfly- For most women with insurance - it cov...@dragonfly- For most women with insurance - it covers the hossy and not the HB, the same is usually true for medicaid. Obviously if you are paying out of pocket this isn't the case, but not a lot of people pay out of pocketMama Birthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117513287607189564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-82434330765916543732011-10-09T17:41:58.217-07:002011-10-09T17:41:58.217-07:00Love it! You did a great job pointing out the obv...Love it! You did a great job pointing out the obvious. :)Emily (Laundry and Lullabies)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16367630628716619991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-36971999362286637212011-10-09T15:33:54.441-07:002011-10-09T15:33:54.441-07:00I agree with you. Ricki may have gained media att...I agree with you. Ricki may have gained media attention and helped the movement but this was going to happen with or without her. I had my homebirth during the height of the BOBB craze so it may have seemed to others that she influenced my decision but she did not. I didn't even see the film until I had already hired my homebirth MW.SlapItHighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08634721898271489283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-75002699107724125882011-10-09T14:05:24.579-07:002011-10-09T14:05:24.579-07:00I was 34 weeks with my OB - 3rd child, second desi...I was 34 weeks with my OB - 3rd child, second desired VBAC. I saw the wall being built higher and higher, the threats mounting, the "mandatory repeat C" rules being touted. (P.S. Nothing is MANDATORY) Only then did I realize I was not up to another FIGHT to simply give birth. Only then did I look around desperately for options, and found homebirth. <br /><br />At 40, with gestational diabetes, I SIMPLY stayed home and gave birth with the attention of a skilled midwife. <br /><br />Ricki's movie, and her new follow-on series "More Business of Being Born" (http://www.mybestbirth.com/) is something I'd love to share with my friends before they reach that level of struggle and stress. <br /><br />My birth-rights awareness shop: http://www.zazzle.com/lovemychoir/gifts?cg=196873930024520261Shari Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10897639638995642910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-64590689795847867312011-10-09T12:31:04.973-07:002011-10-09T12:31:04.973-07:00In regards to the "Give them their babies&quo...In regards to the "Give them their babies" hyperlink: Baby did have skin-to-skin contact with mom after he was born. Doctor was insistent that the cord pumped a bit before he was taken to the radiant warmer for afterbirth care. - DADjjarse2https://www.blogger.com/profile/18209006475621588763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-17393649034675261202011-10-09T12:06:10.131-07:002011-10-09T12:06:10.131-07:00The success of Ricki Lake...is due to the fact tha...The success of Ricki Lake...is due to the fact that her message, her movie, speaks to each woman's core truth about her knowledge about her own body and its ability to birth. Not the truth in her head that is muddled with fears and anecdotes. The TRUTH inside her body. The places where we "feel", rather than "know". The places where we "trust" rather than "know with certainty". <br /><br /> We are mammals. We are females. Our bodies are designed to do this birthing thing from the minute our own genitalia formed inside our mothers. Ricki opens up the option of homebirth to viewers who might not have considered it...by speaking to their truths, as well as the cultural and social truths and realities. Each woman gets to connect her own dots, based on her own fears and willingness to take responsibilty for her own choices. <br /><br /> <br />Ricki gave us the ability and the option to trust birth foremost and not our care providers. She drew the line between what we've been taught to think...and what we believe to be possible. <br /><br />She calls women out to their own truths. <br /><br />Ricki Lake's film did not affect my homebirth decisions. My homebirthed babies are 14 and 19 years old respectively, occuring long before she made her film. Discovering the truth about how my "believed to be NECESSARY" cesarean could have been avoided, set me free. My two home births followed my unnecessary cesarean.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15419648869678758315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-90390701113707245362011-10-09T11:24:52.030-07:002011-10-09T11:24:52.030-07:00I actually posted this on my local hospitals wall....I actually posted this on my local hospitals wall. It perfectly describes me and my situation. If we have another child I am considering an unassisted delivery rather than be forced to endure the birth rape and torture I received through the hospital system with my last delivery. I would rather deliver in my bath tub with my husband as my helper then go through that again! Talk about a horrible experience! This post perfectly describes how I felt about the whole experience! :(newincshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739040472599224347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-42439082732260696822011-10-09T11:09:31.674-07:002011-10-09T11:09:31.674-07:00I am dye in 2 1/2 weeks w our third child. This wi...I am dye in 2 1/2 weeks w our third child. This will be our first out of hospital, non-medicated delivery. I am so excited to have this baby at home and experience birth differently than I did in the hospital w my other two. I never even considered this before seeing the business of being born when I was 12 weeks along and meeting w my OB the next week. Planning this homebirth, researching and reading has really changed my opinion about hospitals and doctors. I just wish my family and friends would see it too!! :)Kamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922230473802399178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-69710421097250966942011-10-09T10:14:24.066-07:002011-10-09T10:14:24.066-07:00Such a great blog! I love it! Reminds me of the re...Such a great blog! I love it! Reminds me of the reason people don't vaccinate is because of Jenny McCarthy. Whatever.Organic Baby Universityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04255723818009356761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-73565494099648602692011-10-09T10:10:03.915-07:002011-10-09T10:10:03.915-07:00Great blog post. Wondering why they dont say she w...Great blog post. Wondering why they dont say she was the producer of the Biz Of Being Born when she is introduced at DWTS... seems weird to me.KathyMorellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11964694639815237665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-13868325547260856362011-10-09T09:49:19.657-07:002011-10-09T09:49:19.657-07:00Um, it is TOTALLY untrue about the "more expe...Um, it is TOTALLY untrue about the "more expensive" part in the article about a home birth... I had a home birth after being informed by several documentaries including Ricki's about the assembly line of modern birthing practices in the America. I have no insurance due to high rates, and I make too much to be on state insurance. I called my local hospital, and total birth cost to have my baby at a hospital, providing there be NO complications, was upwards of $35,000.00!!! (And somewhere upwards of $100,000.00 if there were issues! But I had no fear of that since my Midwife is trained to know what is considered normal or not & sent me to specialists and such, so I had no worries about that.) To give birth at home, Midwives in MOST states are totally covered by insurance and if you don't have insurance? Midwife & three assistants total cost? $3,000! When comparing cost when one is uninsured, MIDWIFE is the way to go. She even does births AT the hospital, so if one wanted to give birth at the hospital, she could do it there and you'd have the convenience of being there should you have an abnormal birth (needing intervention). Complications only NATURALLY happen in less than 10% of women... that means a whopping 80% to 90% of women are having unnecessary c-sections in hospital!! ... Go figure that home birthing is on the rise...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812786628170335652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936905206079131856.post-33379098073547179642011-10-09T09:30:13.738-07:002011-10-09T09:30:13.738-07:00I LOVE READING YOUR POST. GREAT article, people ar...I LOVE READING YOUR POST. GREAT article, people are looking to be respected not treated like another number. I had two waterbirth at a free standing birth center because we couldn't get any homebirth midwife but It was a great compromise. My baby never left my side and we all my wishes were respected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com