while i'd agree with you that women in labor are sometimes intimidated by hospital settings and made uncomfortable within them, to say that the medical industry and its practitioners intentionally cultivate such an environment is a slap in the face of a multitude of people who have dedicated a majority of their lives to helping others. it's also plain wrong. i've never seen an epidural given to a woman who didn't want one, but i've seen plenty of women begging for pain relief who initially wanted none. while i'm glad your personal experience of home birth went well, like tymbrwulf points out, there are many for whom unique circumstances result in an emergency trip to a hospital and a birth that is far from optimal.
>> ^dag: The patrician medical industry is vested in keeping childbirth a scary, painful experience. Epidurals and C-sections are their favorite tools.
>> ^Winstonfield_Pennypacker: Now if only he could start practicing what he preaches and stop his party from stiff-arming the constitution. Here is the conversion simplified.
Al Hirschfeld (at age 99) draws a caricature of Paul Newman
Al Hirschfeld (at age 99) draws a caricature of Paul Newman
Two Women Discussing Mouse Ball Replacement Procedures
Yancarlos Sanchez - Kalimba Beatboxing
Jarle Bernhoft - Ever since I was a little kid
La Vie En Rose-Pomplamoose
fin
On the top of Burj Dubai's Spire - 818 m (2,684 ft)
Pomplamoose Rocks Mrs. Robinson
What is that? - Award winning short about a father and son
Futurama - Fry's Dog Waiting (Ending and Sad)
My Favorite Things -- Pomplamoose
Word Choice Fail
Shep Smith Apologizes For "Lack Of Balance" In Fox Report
http://www.videosift.com/video/Freaks-1932
>> ^JiggaJonson:
Child Birth as Orgasmic Experience
>> ^dag:
The patrician medical industry is vested in keeping childbirth a scary, painful experience. Epidurals and C-sections are their favorite tools.
Some guy doing the ghostbuster song acapella
Alan Grayson Schools Georgia Republican On The Constitution
>> ^Winstonfield_Pennypacker:
Now if only he could start practicing what he preaches and stop his party from stiff-arming the constitution. Here is the conversion simplified.
Mr. Doofus: ...
Launching an anvil 200ft in the air with black powder