tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post5068922145640333259..comments2023-08-14T16:35:49.756+01:00Comments on Cruella-blog: If Men Got Pregnant...Cruellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-70074026023351743142007-10-21T18:33:00.000+01:002007-10-21T18:33:00.000+01:00Isn't it WEIRD how there are any number of press s...Isn't it WEIRD how there are any number of press stories about how women should be pushed to have LESS pain relief, and LESS caesarians and MORE home births and MORE water births or whatever. So there's one group of people deciding what women SHOULD have for their births and another group whose job it is to FORCE those decisions on us. <BR/><BR/>We've got birthing centres and maternity wards all over the UK shrinking and closing down. Surely we should realise that women are entitled to CHOOSE how to have their own babies. And that means having plenty of facilities available to them.Cruellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-41772778047084548322007-10-20T22:43:00.000+01:002007-10-20T22:43:00.000+01:00Thanks for the 2nd story especially - just read a ...Thanks for the 2nd story especially - just read a story on Alternet this morning about how we USonian women are pushed into interventions we don't need and have been feeling guilty about my epidural and the suction that they used after I'd been pushing for six hours. About 12 hours into my 23 hour labor, I had 4 contractions wthat were "on top" of each other (no let-up between them). At that point, my labor nurse told me, "You know, honey, they don't give any medals for doing this without drugs!" and I conceded to the epidural. I feel better now.Soozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189518606262769108noreply@blogger.com