Comments on: “We’ll Explain Everything Afterwards.”

By: John Allen

John Allen — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:24:44 +0000

OMG, do you see whats occurring in Syria? Despite a brutal government crackdown, the demonstrations continue

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:11:11 +0000

You don’t have to prove it. You just give the information to the investigators and let THEM prove it.

By: Sheva

Sheva — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:21:02 +0000

Wow. You may want to share your story with whomever is doing the investigation. You’re probably right.

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:02:52 +0000

I am the OP. I just wanted to add that I just recently found out that this hospital is being investigated for insurance fraud. I guess the hospital admins were pressuring doctors to diagnose problems and perform procedures that would get them more money from insurance companies. I wonder if that is the reason the D&C was performed, but I can’t prove it.

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:21:18 +0000

It means, Unassisted Childbirth. It is basically a homebirth without an attending medical professional.

By: Serene

Serene — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:26:26 +0000

Whats a UC?

By: Mirage

Mirage — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:13:35 +0000

Wow Jenspren that makes me absolutely sick! What a nasty bitter thing for that doc to have dared to write on your chart! The birth mortality rate in this country sucks enough as it is. If it weren’t for midwives it would be alot worse. Thank God for midwives!

By: Brittney

Brittney — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:01:56 +0000

Me too!! I have never heard that before!

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:15:11 +0000

“Birth is not war, and when you send women in to fight, they come out with PTSD” is one of my new favorite quotes!

By: Kelly Hanson

Kelly Hanson — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:51:52 +0000

It sounds like most of what you went through wasn’t only unethical or stupid, it was actually illegal so yes, in your situation, no amount of education was going to change much. However, most mothers are not actually being forced into anything. They are choosing it because they have been advised to or because they don’t know about an alternative.
That is not ok. We are mothers and these are our babies and the responsibility for doing the best we can for them lies squarely with us. It’s not the doctor or midwives responsibility to make the best decision for us. It’s their job to do the things they promised us they would do and take the best care of us they can while we are under their care. But we are the ones with skin in the game so the buck stops with us.
Think about it, if something bad happens to our body or our baby during birth your doctor or midwife will be sad, they may even face some peer review or investigation from their superiors but we are the ones who will be forever changed. For them it’s a bad day at the office, for us it’s a defining moment of our life. The responsibility rests squarely with the mother for the choices she makes and the things she allows to be done to her body and her baby before, during and after birth.