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Subject:	Trust Birth Conference
Body:	<div class="NTForums_Quote">Posted By Henci Goer on 01/15/2008 9:14 AM<br><P>Yes, Carla is very pro unassisted childbirth, which will make me the petunia in her conference potato patch because I am not. On the one hand, I respect a woman's right to make decisions about her birth even if I don't think it is the wisest choice. I also understand that given the hazards of conventional obstetric management, where it is not possible to obtain the services of a qualified home birth attendant, unattended home birth may well be the lesser of the two evils. On the other hand, there are things that can go wrong unexpectedly that can be put right or stabilized or caught in time to move into an environment with greater resources if the woman is attended by someone who knows what she is doing and who carries simple equipment and a few medications to deal with it. The research, I should add, bears out that the safety of out-of-hospital birth depends on having a prescreened woman who is attended by someone with the requisite knowledge and skill.</P> <P>-- Henci</P></div><br><br>
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