Comments on: Study on Natural Childbirth Classes

By: Fanisse

Fanisse — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:06:29 +0000

I am so sick of the ‘not all the information’ or ‘not the right way’ complaint’. It’s the hackneyed excuse for everything that doesn’t turn out the way an ideologue wants. Why not just accept the fact that a lot of people end up wanting an epidural and just focus your energy on the self-selecting group that thinks it oh so horrible.

Here’s a link to what women are really thinking about the classes and the pain-relief option:

http://mainstreamparenting.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/whos-listening-to-mothers/

By: Jodie Miller

Jodie Miller — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:12:00 +0000

Perhaps the outcomes were the same on both sides because both groups only got half the information they required to make the best choices for themselves. There was no control group that received *all* the information to enable informed choices in childbirth. Not very scientific methodology, I’m afraid.

By: Fanisse

Fanisse — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:26:09 +0000

I suspect your congrats were normal for anybody who’s just had a baby. Doctors and staff are human and I imagine, as such, they are happy for any healthy outcome.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:05:05 +0000

I wonder how the results would be different in the USA. I’m surprised to hear that only 52 percent had an epidural. I think the rate is much higher here.

I would guess that cultural differences would be significant between here and there, and that the rate of “natural” childbirths would reflect that. Also, we have so many more c-sections here (from what I’ve heard), that must make a difference as well.

I don’t know how common or uncommon natural childbirth is, but I know that when I had a medication-free hospital birth, the doctor and staff were all very congratulatory, as if it was unusual.

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:07:26 +0000

This is sort of what I would expect!

By: belisama

belisama — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:43:38 +0000

Hi, have just stumbled upon your blog this week and have subscribed

I think we tend to gravitate to those childbirth philosophies that we know (consciously or unconsciously)align with how we already think.

By: Helene

Helene — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:11:07 +0000

I have to point out, though, that this study didn’t quanitify the effect of actually having medicated or unmedicated birth, just preparing for one or the other. So it only really settles the question of the preparation, not how parents who actually had medicated or unmedicated births differed in any way.

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