tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post825352440340608292..comments2024-03-18T04:15:27.703-05:00Comments on Balancing Jane: Study Finds Hospitals Aren't Necessary for Low-Risk BirthsMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801229525416203656noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-62944395422202230682011-11-25T03:14:27.194-06:002011-11-25T03:14:27.194-06:00This is a really good point. It is actually really...This is a really good point. It is actually really rare in the States to have midwives *inside* a hospital (which is the default in Scandinavia), which is a great way of promoting the more choices that you describe. I was very lucky to have this opportunity to have midwives all through my pregnancy and them being there for the birth of my daughter, still I gave birth in a hospital with access to medical options and doctors, should something happen. The 'either or' options in the US not only stigmatizes home births and birth center births as 'crunchy', 'weird' and even to some 'risky', it also pushes normal births and pregnancies in a medical direction where the doctors are looking only for things that are possibly bad.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00199642489918949988noreply@blogger.com