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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Before OBs existed, and EVERY birth was overseen by midwives, the maternal death rate was 1 in 3.  Now you want to suggest the solution to today’s maternal death rates, which while not perfect, are no where near 1 in 3, by going back to a no doctor/hospital/surgery/medicine model?  It a makes no sense. [/quote]
Literally no one has suggested a non-medical model. No one. People are advocating for using medical interventions judiciously, not foregoing medical care.

Now, time for a history lesson lest you continue demonizing midwives armed with nothing but ignornace.

1 in 3? Before antibiotics were invented it was more like 1 in 100-200. Interestingly, when obstetricians started attending births, maternal deaths increased because they hadn't discovered germ theory yet. Whereas midwives, who didn't have antibiotics either, were at least not touching cadavers immediately before touching women's bodies in childbirth.

https://ourworldindata.org/maternal-mortality[/quote]

Um, the topic of this pose is freebirth. so yes, someone is suggesting a non-medical model. [/quote]
Don't be obtuse. The consensus on this thread has been that no one would responsibly make that choice.. they're either irresponsible or feel they have no other choice for personal reasons. Then the choice conversation evolved into talking about care models[/quote]

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