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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]wow.

I'm an anesthesiologist, and I've had 5 kids, four by c-section.

Clear liquids, great!  Food?  You better be healthy, reasonably slim, with a normal labor pattern and a healthy baby.  Yeah, midwives are great, but they pass all the sick patients to the OB docs, that's why everything's so "awesome" with midwives.

If you're sick, the baby's sick, or you're obese, you're at higher risk of emergency C-section.  Your airway is swollen during pregnancy, 10x higher risk of complications during breathing tube placement for general anesthesia.  You will become very ill, or die, if chunks of food or stomach acid end up in your lungs.

off topic, for all the "natural" childbirth fans-- being induced with drugs (pitocin, cytotec) is NOT natural.  If you don't want an epidural, no problem, but going without painkillers is only part of the "natural" experience.  No medals are awarded for drug-free vaginal delivery; we all just want healthy babies!

[b]I breastfed all my kids until 13 months, no formula, so don't give me crap for having 4 medically necessary c-sections.  I have some hippie cred! [/b] :)[/quote]

Ugh, I hate this shit. What's your problem? Why do you insist on lumping women into defined categories ("hippie cred") as though people who get c-sections don't also breastfeed? Huh?

FWIW, I went unmedicated because I was afraid of the side effects of the epidural. It had nothing to do with getting a medal or some intrinsic valuing of things "natural." I combo fed - probably 90% formula and gave up breastfeeding entirely at four months. I know this is just anecdotal, but it just seems like there are so many assumptions in this post that aren't necessary. And why do you even care if women choose to go unmedicated? [/quote]

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