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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, I know that a med free VBAC with midwives is very different from a free birth. My point was that I was so driven to despair with OB care that I was strongly considering a free birth with all its attendant risks.[/quote]

Do you recognize how extremely irrational that was to consider free birth?  I mean, it's useful for you to point out what factors lead someone to be so irrational. But do you  understand how irrational you were?  And also, what media and messages were you consuming that made you so "despairing" about potentially not doing a VBAC?  Your despair was far from the only possible reaction.  Other women might have just been grateful that their first baby was delivered healthy.  In addition, how did you conclude that the "cascade of interventions" was at fault for your first c-section, as opposed to being needed?

What I'm saying here is that you're not telling a normal story about a normal reaction. You were already extremely embedded in the natural birth ideology.  [/quot

this. th women who are "despairing" and despondent have major mental health issues and have been fed a lot of BS about hw giving birth will transform them into magical women and anything less is failure.  I wanted to live and have a healthy baby.  period.  if you are despondent over YOUR birth experience (this seems to have little to do with the experience of the baby), you need a therapist and prozac. not free birth.  some women are secure and confident and don't need birth to prove their worth.[/quote]

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