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Home Birth Advocate Dies After Her Own Home Delivery

June 13, 2013 at 4:11pm

Here’s the deal for me…Women have been birthing outside of the hospital since the invention of people. At some point we brought them into it in order to undercut midwives and women started dying more often of ‘childbed fever’ because there was no germ theory. Women started making the move back OUT of the hospital in the 70s because of the paternalistic nature of medicine.

The answer to do it or not is YES. Know where you are in the pregnancy, what your health status is and then you make your calculated risk. Make a stupid decision and ignore your condition, you’re far more likely to have issues.

Is it possible to safely birth at home? Yes. It is possible to safely birth in a hospital? Yes. Is it possible to die in either place? Yes, because it’s still possible to die in childbirth.

I’m an RN and had both of my kids in the hospital with mixed feelings about those experiences. There are reasons why it would have been better in the hospital and there are reasons why it would have been better at home. I’m the grandchild of a woman that had 13 home births because she lived in a very rural area and there were no hospitals close by. I have no issue with those who want home births in general.

I do have issue with those who think that there is no risk or who ignore the risks that are told to them, based upon their condition. Because they are not just risking themselves, but also the baby. You risk it, you own the outcome.
New Audio Reveals IRS Treatment of Pro-Life Group: ‘You Can’t Force Your Religion on Somebody Else’

June 10, 2013 at 7:03pm

First amendment…You DO have a right to confront someone. They also have a right not to listen to you.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Free speech. You do not give up your right to speech or to protest because you’re going for a charity tax status.
Mom Posts Painful Vid of Daughter Jumping Off Roof and Breaking Her Feet — But It’s What She Did After That Has Many Upset

June 6, 2013 at 10:30am

The right thing to do is to not beg for money from strangers to pay for stupidity. The right thing would be for “Mom” to be a mother and move her dumb as rocks daughter back home and paying for her support until she can work again. This would also allow the other girls to get a new roommate so that they don’t break their lease.

When you do something in life it has consequences. She should consider herself lucky that she didn’t die.
One of the Most Unlikely People Came to Michele Bachmann’s Defense Yesterday

May 31, 2013 at 12:55am

In reply to SendTheMeteors.

Well, how about how Teresa Heinz Kerry declaring that eating gin soaked white raisins were an effective treatment for arthritis?

And don’t get me started on Maxine Waters…When it comes to politics, there’s a whole lotta eccentricity to go around.
Nightmare: U.S. Woman – Mother of 7 – in Mexican Jail on Drug Smuggling Charges; Family Claims Injustice and Fights for Release

May 27, 2013 at 12:31am

Now here is a good reason to consider drones.
MSNBC Hosts Martin Bashir and Chris Hayes Claim London Machete Killers Aren’t Terrorists: ‘These Are Just Murderers’

May 26, 2013 at 1:00am

If this were a rare occurrence, I’d agree with the guy. Since it’s not, I won’t.
Soldier Dad Stuns Daughter on Stage at Her High School Graduation: ‘He’s My Biggest Fan’

May 26, 2013 at 12:53am

In reply to love the kids.

Boy howdy! That’s a man that has done a lot of things right.

*pass the tissues*
Group of Thugs Target Seemingly Defenseless Woman — They Had No Idea She Had Been Frequenting the Gun Range

May 25, 2013 at 12:16pm

In reply to bjornskis.

This lady did a wonderful job defending herself. My question is, why were the perps so stupid to attempt to do this in Missouri? It’s been a castle doctrine state since 2007. I
Group of Thugs Target Seemingly Defenseless Woman — They Had No Idea She Had Been Frequenting the Gun Range

May 25, 2013 at 12:10pm

In reply to TheBigKahuna.

NO she won’t. Missouri has the castle doctrine and that applies even in your vehicle, let alone your home.
‘Sinister’ and ‘Chilling’: MSNBC Host Takes Aim at DOJ’s Secretive Seizure of AP Phone Records

May 14, 2013 at 10:15am

They only care NOW because it applies to their profession. They don’t give a damn if those same tactics were used against others. NO moral or ethical base at all.

I really don’t care what happens to journalists, even if it’s on an illegal Nixonian level. They got what they wanted, what they literally worked for years to create, now live with it like everyone else. Must be depressing to find out that they’re not really special snowflakes.

Whatever.