Comments on: model choices http://www.makingthingsup.com/2010/03/model-choices/ A woman with a husband, four kids, and the occasional witty anecdote. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:42:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Melissa Camara Wilkins http://www.makingthingsup.com/2010/03/model-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-33599 Melissa Camara Wilkins Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:07:05 +0000 http://www.makingthingsup.com/?p=2202#comment-33599 I'm not going to delete this! Note to everybody: leave her cervix alone. She's got it under control. I’m not going to delete this! Note to everybody: leave her cervix alone. She’s got it under control.

]]> By: naptimewriting http://www.makingthingsup.com/2010/03/model-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-33591 naptimewriting Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:44:58 +0000 http://www.makingthingsup.com/?p=2202#comment-33591 Aaaaaarggh! You can delete this, Melissa, but I had to write it somewhere. I was all pleased with my compromise to go with a midwife-ish OB, and now, at 40 weeks and 3 days she's already talking induction. Every damned person who emails or calls to ask DAILY if the baby is here asks about induction. You know this, and I know this, but I have to type it so the world knows is: a baby can arrive healthy and happy ANYTIME within a month of its so-called due date. I am not overdue. Baby is not in danger. It's a normal freaking process, people, and maybe it you'd shut up and leave me alone baby would feel safe to come out. Right now you all have it scared with your pathologizing and catastrophizing and constant barrage of questions. My cervix is none of your business! Phew. Thanks, M. Now you may delete. I just needed to put this down on cyberpaper. Aaaaaarggh! You can delete this, Melissa, but I had to write it somewhere. I was all pleased with my compromise to go with a midwife-ish OB, and now, at 40 weeks and 3 days she’s already talking induction. Every damned person who emails or calls to ask DAILY if the baby is here asks about induction. You know this, and I know this, but I have to type it so the world knows is: a baby can arrive healthy and happy ANYTIME within a month of its so-called due date. I am not overdue. Baby is not in danger. It’s a normal freaking process, people, and maybe it you’d shut up and leave me alone baby would feel safe to come out. Right now you all have it scared with your pathologizing and catastrophizing and constant barrage of questions. My cervix is none of your business!
Phew. Thanks, M. Now you may delete. I just needed to put this down on cyberpaper.

]]> By: Melissa Camara Wilkins http://www.makingthingsup.com/2010/03/model-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-33569 Melissa Camara Wilkins Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:31:34 +0000 http://www.makingthingsup.com/?p=2202#comment-33569 Go Peanut! Go Peanut!

]]> By: naptimewriting http://www.makingthingsup.com/2010/03/model-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-33568 naptimewriting Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:37:19 +0000 http://www.makingthingsup.com/?p=2202#comment-33568 Peanut watches one particular video where some cartoon character, in the process of solving a mystery, says, "and where are babies born?" My son always hollers, "at home or at the hospital and sometimes in cars!" It's pretty cute. Peanut watches one particular video where some cartoon character, in the process of solving a mystery, says, “and where are babies born?” My son always hollers, “at home or at the hospital and sometimes in cars!”

It’s pretty cute.

]]> By: Melissa Camara Wilkins http://www.makingthingsup.com/2010/03/model-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-33566 Melissa Camara Wilkins Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:19:22 +0000 http://www.makingthingsup.com/?p=2202#comment-33566 Yay! I so appreciate when women share their stories of healthy births with respectful birth attendants, in any setting. Because that's what we should be able to expect, in every setting: care providers who respect our wishes and support us in pursuing healthy outcomes. And you're right, it's important to note that there are doctors and midwives operating under the midwifery model in hospitals and birth centers--that model is not only found at home, nor should it be. Thank you! :) Yay! I so appreciate when women share their stories of healthy births with respectful birth attendants, in any setting. Because that’s what we should be able to expect, in every setting: care providers who respect our wishes and support us in pursuing healthy outcomes. And you’re right, it’s important to note that there are doctors and midwives operating under the midwifery model in hospitals and birth centers–that model is not only found at home, nor should it be. Thank you! :)

]]> By: Melissa Camara Wilkins http://www.makingthingsup.com/2010/03/model-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-33565 Melissa Camara Wilkins Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:02:23 +0000 http://www.makingthingsup.com/?p=2202#comment-33565 I like them pretty well myself. :) I like them pretty well myself. :)

]]> By: Lauren @ Hobo Mama http://www.makingthingsup.com/2010/03/model-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-33564 Lauren @ Hobo Mama Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:52:19 +0000 http://www.makingthingsup.com/?p=2202#comment-33564 Love it. And love that your kids were asking those questions. We interviewed several midwives before making our choice, looking for the ones who best embodied the midwifery model of care we were expecting. Because there is a big range, as you noted, even within people who are called midwives. We ended up transferring to the hospital and were attended there by a certified nurse midwife who still embodied that midwifery model of care even within the hospital, which I so appreciated. We ended up with a healthy and natural birth. Love it. And love that your kids were asking those questions.

We interviewed several midwives before making our choice, looking for the ones who best embodied the midwifery model of care we were expecting. Because there is a big range, as you noted, even within people who are called midwives. We ended up transferring to the hospital and were attended there by a certified nurse midwife who still embodied that midwifery model of care even within the hospital, which I so appreciated. We ended up with a healthy and natural birth.

]]> By: Kate http://www.makingthingsup.com/2010/03/model-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-33563 Kate Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:04:57 +0000 http://www.makingthingsup.com/?p=2202#comment-33563 I heart your kids. Seriously. I heart your kids. Seriously.

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