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1. anna says

   July 25, 2012 at 2:56 pm

   Well said!

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2. Yolande says

   July 30, 2012 at 12:41 am

   Thank you Anna! I hope you guys are having an amazing summer!

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3. Heather says

   October 12, 2012 at 5:17 am

   So true, this post is so true. Coming from a mother who was poked, prodded, intimidated, drugged, and cut–I remember laying on the operating room table while being sewn up like some sort of filleted meat, staring at the masked men before me. I have never fully recovered from this birth experience and my son is 8 years old. It truly felt like one of those alien abduction experiences I have heard about. It took me a while to really be in tune with my son, as I had to distance myself from his birth in order to survive the trauma that was the horrific ‘medical intervention industry’. I long for a ‘healing birth’ someday, one that you so graciously advocate–one where I will be in communion with my body and my baby-one where I won’t give my power over to those so unworthy of taking it. Thanks so much again for sharing. You are a blessing…

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   • Yolande says

     October 13, 2012 at 11:23 pm

     Heather, I am just so so sorry to hear that your experience giving birth was as you describe. And it is so painful to know that this kind of birth is considered “normal”, and that this is what the majority of women experience. I do think that the state of hospital birth today is, in general or often, a form of institutional and culturally-sanctioned abuse against women. It takes so much courage to acknowledge that what you went through was wrong. Especially when it comes to birth, I think it is extremely difficult not to somehow want to justify that what was done to us was necessary. Thank *You* for your honesty and courage. I went through a similar experience with my first pregnancy which ended in miscarriage at the hospital. That was the catalyst for my natural birth research and advocacy. I was 19 years old. I wish you the very best, and perhaps a beautiful, healing birth in the future.

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     • Melodie says

       November 22, 2012 at 5:22 am

       Not only is it culturally-sanctioned abuse, it’s all for profit of the corporation. I don’t think most people look at it that way because we’re conditioned to put anything “medical” in the hands of the “professionals” without giving it a second thought. But the truth is, hospitals are corporations, and they are interested in one thing- your money. They don’t care about the welfare of their patients, and I truly believe that all of the unnecessary procedures performed on women during labor and delivery are for profit and nothing more. Doctors and nurses are trained ass backward on purpose, and they don’t even realize this. They’re trained to profit the corporation, not to care for their patients. In most places in the world, even in hospitals, all birthing women get midwives and obstetricians only attend the most complicated births. Why is that not so in the USA and Canada? One should always question… 😉

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       • Yolande says

         November 26, 2012 at 9:03 am

         I absolutely agree with you, Melodie. Thanks you for bringing up this important point. I think, to be honest, I shy away from expressing this very sentiment, because people tend to look at me like I’m some sort of conspiracy theorist when I suggest such a thing…but yes. Few people seem to be cognizant of the fact that our system is built on an inherent conflict of interest, and that every single time a woman is prescribed additional testing, or given the order to have another ultrasound done, someone gets paid. Billions of dollars have been spent on equipment and infrastructure that in my opinion, is often unnecessary, and sometimes quite harmful. What a mess. Thanks so much for your message, and take good care!

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4. Heather says

   October 14, 2012 at 11:10 pm

   Your words of encuragement mean more than you know. Thank you for this, Yolande…
   Many Continued Blessings,

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