Category Archives: surgical monopoly
More Henci Goer writing
I’m in danger of becoming a groupie. I was already wildly grateful for her work but after a morning of reading about pole dancing being a sport, how Australia lacks women in parliament, and how women aren’t too fussed by the unspeakable misogyny of Tony Abbott (and neither are men), it was such a relief [...]
The AMA trots out another media bonanza piece of crap
Not content with wheeling out the already discredited Pang and Bastian “studies”, the AMA has now wheeled out a synopsis for a study of homebirth that rather misses the points of the information they actually found in the study.
Check out Lisa Barrett’s blog and Hoyden About Town for a full breakdown. I also look forward [...]
Breech is just another position
About 4% of babies are in breech positions at term. Of course nowadays the normal course of events is surgery. Is this safe? Realistic? Warranted? Not according to evidence, no.
“Attending births is like growing roses. You have to marvel at the ones that just open up and bloom at the first kiss of the sun, [...]
The Real Birth Wars *graphic warning*
Those not from around here might need a little explanation about this post.
The dude in the suit peering at the baby he’s imprisoned in a plastic box, away from it’s mother, is Dr Andrew Pesce, current head of the AMA. I heard a rumour he’s a docbot or was that a godbot? Either way, I’m [...]
Links in the chain. What’s being written and read in your world?
Please share what you’re reading and writing, I love to have new material for eager readers and learn from all the many groovy blogs out there on the interwebz.
Ilithyia Inspired brings us news of the latest piece of obstetric bullshit to hit the airwaves.
iBirth? iPhone As The Latest Obstetric Intervention
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System (Houston, Texas) [...]
RIP homebirth in Australia
We’ve watched as successive governments have whittled away at homebirth from the loss of insurance to the introduction of the fauxbirth schemes run through hospitals and now Homebirth Australia has resurfaced to tell us the news no one else hears since we’re just lowly old consumers.
We have just (and yes I mean in the last [...]
The Great VBAC Rort
VBAC is an endangered species.
This is not really surprising since vaginal births of all kinds are endangered and it only makes sense that having created a birthing monster of cuts and scars, Dr Frankenstein would be unwilling to let the monster go use it’s body in some way that silly old evolution intended.
But surely, I [...]
Consumers are not stakeholders, it would seem, when birth is discussed.
What should I do?
Nothing dear, you’re not qualified.
Welcome to how homebirth will look at your place – if you’re allowed to have one.
Some homebirth advocates (Wingnuts, Bernard, in case you don’t know what an Advocate is) met with the minister and learnt some interesting things. I quote from the report done up by Homebirth Access [...]
If it involves women, it’s a feminist issue. Right? *possible triggers – rape mentioned*
Well it depends, apparently.
If it’s related to abortion and contraception, women in developing nations, refuges, domestic violence, rape (only certain kinds), equity, disabilities, pron, reproductive technologies (only certain kinds) refugees, perceived minorities (only certain kinds), misogyny, footballers, maternity leave, childcare, sole parents, equal party political representation, indigenous women, depictions of women in the media, fashion, [...]
Holding activism lightly in the face of violence.
Holding activism lightly in the face of violence.
Australian women face one of the greatest struggles for basic human rights they’ve ever faced.We have the vote, we have some semblance (lipservice) to equal pay, we can mostly put our children in childcare, rape makes it into the newspaper (insert mass disclaimers, but it IS there!), [...]
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