http://healthland.time.com/2012/06/25/midwife-mania-more-u-s-babies-than-ever-are-delivered-by-midwives/
I also found a site, http://pushformidwives.org/, shown to be advocating midwifery to be taken more seriously and be implemented in all states. This organization pushes for the organizational, community, and policy-making levels of the issue. Research is being done by the organization to provide support as well as ongoing advocacy. Hopefully with organizations such as this midwifery can be reclaimed as a worthy practice for birthing because I feel that what the documentary said and showed the audience was important to recognize and take into account when thinking about giving birth.
I think the numbers were absolutely unbelievable when it came to the U.S.'s involvement with the system if midwifery. I would have thought that the business would have skyrocketed after the 1960's when counter culture became part of society. But so see the low numbers in our modern day American society is just shocking. One can only hope that the business of midwifery finds a rebirth of sorts so the true feeling of a natural birth can be felt by future mothers.
ReplyDeleteI have known many friends and family members who have had babies in the past few years. Many of my friends received c sections because they didn't want to deal with the natural pain of child birth. They wanted all of the drugs that they had in the hospital. With all of the people that I know, they've all preferred the c section just to get it over with, which I think is weird. So in a sense the c-section is still a trend, especially in areas like Rochester, where there are a few practices of midwifery (not like NYC where they are everywhere).
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A few years ago, friends from England visited and the one girl, Jemma, was going to school to be a midwife. When she told us this we thought that she was kidding so we kind of all laughed. We all knew what a midwife was but we had no idea that it was so popular in England. She thought it was strange that we thought she was joking with us. To her is was a viable profession that she could do for years. I think things are starting to change, but it seems like being a midwife is a risky venture with not being paid and insurance companies not working with you. Medical thought is generally cyclical so maybe in the future midwives will become mainstream again.
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I think it's super interesting that Midwifery is making a somewhat comeback. I feel as though the comfortable nature of being in the home during such a big event appeals to people, and they're losing their interest in hospital care because it's almost uncomfortable now-a-days.
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