Mothers terrified by birth (three warnings)

MOTHERS TERRIFIED BY BIRTH

THREE WARNINGS BELOW

Two recent comments elicited this post:

1. "We all wondered if she would ever actually get pregnant, because of her
fear of childbirth (something her darling mother instilled in her)."

2. "I was terrified of childbirth with my first child because of the things
my
mother told me..."

If mothers were/are terrified at birth, it seems logical that they would
warn their daughters.

See the three WARNINGS below...

Regardless whether mothers were terrified at birth...

Regardless of the birth position they used...

I would like mothers to tell their daughters that...

OBs forced many mothers to push their babies out through birth canals
senselessly closed up to 30%.

OBs pulled with hands or forceps and KEPT birth canals senselessly closed.

OBs sliced vaginas en masse ("episiotomy") - surgically/fraudulently
inferring everything possible was being done to open birth canals - even as
they closed birth canals up to 30%.

OBs sliced abdomens en masse ("c-section") - surgically/fraudulently
inferring everything possible was DONE to open birth canals - even as they
closed birth canals up to 30%.

MOST IMPORTANTLY...

I would like mothers to tell their daughters that...

OBs are **still doing these things** - unnecessarily terrifying/endangering
some mothers - unnecessarily terrifying/endangering their babies.

Childbirth is usually painful - but it is easy for a woman to allow her
birth canal to open the "extra" up to 30%.

SOLUTION: ALL A WOMAN HAS TO... To offer her baby the "extra" up to 30%,
all a woman has to do is roll onto her side as she pushes her baby out - or
go to hands-and-knees - or kneel - or stand - or... (Use virtually any
delivery position but semisitting and dorsal, both of which close the birth
canal up to 30%.)

WARNING #1: Some OBs will let women "try" alternative delivery positions -
but will bring them back to semisitting or dorsal (close the birth canal)
for the actual delivery.

WARNING #2: It is standard OB practice to KEEP the birth canal closed if the
baby gets stuck and hands, forceps or vacuums must be used. (OBs also
chemically whip the uterus to contract violently - with the birth canal
senselessly closed up to 30%.)

Much birth terror is purely iatrogenic - physician-caused.

Mothers should not have to warn their daughters about these things.

OBs should simply stop doing them - and medical doctors in other
specialities should encourage OBs to stop.

See Obstetric roof on fire! (The problem and Dr. Sarah...)
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...t/message/2843

Todd

Dr. Gastaldo


PS WARNING #3: It is standard OB practice to temporarily asphyxiate babies
and rob massive amounts of blood immediately after birth to obtain blood
samples or so babies can be resuscitated. This bizarre obstetric behavior -
called "immediate cord clamping - is an obvious felony that robs the baby of
up to 50% of the blood s/he would otherwise have transfused to
herself/himself from her/his placenta. Do not let the OB clamp the cord
until it has stopped pulsating and your baby is pink, breathing and not in
need of resuscitation.

See Burglarizing baby blood (an OB felony)
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...t/message/2781