> If you want to get a look at how well evolution worked back in the
"good old
> days," visit an old cemetary and count how many gravestones are for
a)
> infants or b) married women in their 20's and 30's. C-sections and
other
> medical interventions sometimes insure that the baby will HAVE a
mother.
Okay, I'm sorry, but I have to comment on that.
In the 'good old days', many newborns and many new moms died. But they
did so mainly because of poor hygiene (and poor nurtrition), just
like so many other people these days. This deathrate has nothing to do
with the natural childbirth vs. c-section debate.
I live in the Netherlands. We have a unique system here. Approx. half
of all the moms give birth at home, in their own beds. Our midwives
are specially trained for that. Their education is unique in the
world. They have private practices, are their own bosses and work only
with doctors when neccessary.
Pragnancy is no disease, it is a natural process which has to be
monitored. Therefore, you don't need a doctor per se. Once you step
foot in a hospital, your chances of getting sick increase. Why put
your newborn at risk?
As for ceasarians, they are performed here, but only when absolutely
neccessary. Life/death matters mostly. Ans certainly not at request!!!
It is surgery! Which involves anaesthetics (which are risky
enouhgh in themselves)!
My point here is: our infant/mom death rate here is practically the
same as in the US. That has nothing to do with c-sections.
My apologies for this off-topic post.
Back to singing, back to lurkdom....
Greetz,
Nande
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