Yes, birth can be an emergence and it can be an emergency and it can cause the death of mother and child sometimes. I used to do a lot of prenatal care, deliveries, and c-sections when necessary to save lives.
I can recall doing a vaginal exam on a lady who just came in laboring, and feeling an umbilical cord with no pulse in her vagina. I shouted for help, pushed the baby's head up to decompress the cord, kept doing that, got a faint pulse, stayed that way, pushing the head up, as we wheeled to the operating room. I was a junior medical student. Christy, the intern was very good, did an emergency c-section with me holding that head up off the cord, and touch tagged my fingers when delivering the baby girl.
She came out of that anoxic stress slowly, but looked pretty good the next morning, and got to go to the regular nursery by afternoon.
That certainly was an emergency, and it was responded do appropriately.
Yet, we are reminded, that most births are the result of millions of years of successful birthings.
when my son was born at Castle Lake in our lodge in July, he presented with the cord wrapped around his neck. Suzy tried to budge it, no go. She had come quickly after just returning from a journey, and had not brought a cutting implement. She did not know that the other lady attending had brought one. She just knew it had to come off.
As I panted, she ran her fingernail across it, and it separated.
I know. That's "impossible". I've cut a fresh cord with new medical sicissors, and it was a struggle. It is very very strong. The link to the grandmother placenta.
But, that's how midwives work. With miracles.
The babe was hale and hearty. And later, we realized that we'd had the same "flash" in our heads just after he was born. Of being on top of the world, with a cosmos filled with stars.
Even the Farm midwives, who achieved a stunning record, had to rush placenta previas into the hospital quickly. There are some emergencies.
But, there is also the evidence of "Immaculate Deception", which cannot be ignored.
A top female sports journalist, when asked what she responded to the rage and complaints against the law forcing the teams to allow locker room access to all journalists, cause that's where the newsy news happens....her response was "Male Gynecologists"
It's quite the reading, In Mariah Burton's fantastically researched and written classic: "The Stronger Women Get, The More Men Love Football. "
But "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers", by medical journalist Mary Roach, is still hands down the funniest book I've ever read. I'm not alone in that .
I was familiar with homebirth due to friends, before going to medical school, and all 4 of our children were born at home or at New Life Birth Center with midwives.
I always sought to accomplish a healthy, natural birth, and I always stayed with my patients, once I was out of training, "the Family Practice way". I never lost a mother, though there were long struggles, with uncertain outcomes...
I endeavored to be the best midwife that a doctor could be, and I had very good relations with the lay midwives in our community.
I'm not a bad lactation-consultant, with the same provisos, and attended a lot of La Leche League meetings, back in the day.
I am not knowledgable about whether Canada was more in alignment with the continued midwifery in UK, a long tradition. But thank goodness for the good docs who were willing to work with us!! Here in the US, the midwives could lose everything, including their children,
and go to jail, so at the least sign of difference, they scooted.
By the nineties the west coast was a lot better, but they/we were still hounded. by the pediatricians, amongst others.
They let the christians be, tho. They went after the new thinking ones. By the nineties the licensing interests came into full play. With all the competition that entails.
It's more reasonable in Texas. Birth is not a "medical procedure" in Texas, but there is still a lot of animosity towards midwives, especially from OB/GYNs.
Sorry, I forget easy, details. Texas to me means Molly Ivins!!
Well, yeah, the Inquisitions were all about getting rid of community midwives, who were general practitioners for the entire community they communed with. Also, a big land grab.
Church, govt, military, and medical have always been heads of the same beast. And don't humans love the idea that the giant will work for them? Nice friend to have. I'm not against healers of all stripes, but when status and money are involved, it all goes sideways.
Did you know that even when people were being persecuted for practicing natal astrology, a doctor who did surgery on a patient had better have known where Mars was positioned before scheduling. If his patient died, and he had not, he could, by law ,be put to death.
But of course, this was about the wealthy. Physicians were required to study astronomy/astrology, just as they studied physiognomy and physiology.
If you want a real laugh at an American's experience of the medical industry, Dave Barry's essay in his book "I'll Mature When I'm Dead" is spot on, and as usual , dang funny!
People tend to expect a whole lot for their "money" when they haven't a clue what's involved. I know that from experience.
Hi John, I would love to see hand-rails, for your added safety. Down the road, I suggest having a bedroom on the ground-floor, for ultimate safety and convenience.
This is actually a big improvement, and there are rails up top. I may put one on the wall-side. It's the slipping that was a problem.
Those 3M sandpaper-grip strips stopped that cold.
Jenny slipped near the bottom, and I was distracting myself, trying to put a hammer into the loop on my painter pants at the top, slipped, and bounced all the way down like a cartoon character.
I'm embarrassed to admit that I did not put the strips on until then, but I put much better stripping than I had previously planned.
They are a lot like a ship's ladder, and the stairs at a house we stayed at in Amsterdam, and the stairs in a traditional 1920s Japanese house I lived in in high school in the 1970s, which is to say "be careful". Stairs to code take up a LOT of space. These are like the largest pull-down attic ladder you can buy, which is what was initially there, until the rougher aspects of construction were finished.
I'll pass on the Podesta link, thanks.
Midwives say "Birth is an emergence, not an emergency."
I'm rooting for humanity to make it past the time of it's growing pains, and become mature and self-conscious.
Yes, birth can be an emergence and it can be an emergency and it can cause the death of mother and child sometimes. I used to do a lot of prenatal care, deliveries, and c-sections when necessary to save lives.
I can recall doing a vaginal exam on a lady who just came in laboring, and feeling an umbilical cord with no pulse in her vagina. I shouted for help, pushed the baby's head up to decompress the cord, kept doing that, got a faint pulse, stayed that way, pushing the head up, as we wheeled to the operating room. I was a junior medical student. Christy, the intern was very good, did an emergency c-section with me holding that head up off the cord, and touch tagged my fingers when delivering the baby girl.
She came out of that anoxic stress slowly, but looked pretty good the next morning, and got to go to the regular nursery by afternoon.
I hope she is doing well now. She's 39.
That certainly was an emergency, and it was responded do appropriately.
Yet, we are reminded, that most births are the result of millions of years of successful birthings.
when my son was born at Castle Lake in our lodge in July, he presented with the cord wrapped around his neck. Suzy tried to budge it, no go. She had come quickly after just returning from a journey, and had not brought a cutting implement. She did not know that the other lady attending had brought one. She just knew it had to come off.
As I panted, she ran her fingernail across it, and it separated.
I know. That's "impossible". I've cut a fresh cord with new medical sicissors, and it was a struggle. It is very very strong. The link to the grandmother placenta.
But, that's how midwives work. With miracles.
The babe was hale and hearty. And later, we realized that we'd had the same "flash" in our heads just after he was born. Of being on top of the world, with a cosmos filled with stars.
Even the Farm midwives, who achieved a stunning record, had to rush placenta previas into the hospital quickly. There are some emergencies.
But, there is also the evidence of "Immaculate Deception", which cannot be ignored.
A top female sports journalist, when asked what she responded to the rage and complaints against the law forcing the teams to allow locker room access to all journalists, cause that's where the newsy news happens....her response was "Male Gynecologists"
It's quite the reading, In Mariah Burton's fantastically researched and written classic: "The Stronger Women Get, The More Men Love Football. "
But "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers", by medical journalist Mary Roach, is still hands down the funniest book I've ever read. I'm not alone in that .
I was familiar with homebirth due to friends, before going to medical school, and all 4 of our children were born at home or at New Life Birth Center with midwives.
I always sought to accomplish a healthy, natural birth, and I always stayed with my patients, once I was out of training, "the Family Practice way". I never lost a mother, though there were long struggles, with uncertain outcomes...
I endeavored to be the best midwife that a doctor could be, and I had very good relations with the lay midwives in our community.
I'm not a bad lactation-consultant, with the same provisos, and attended a lot of La Leche League meetings, back in the day.
:-)
I am not knowledgable about whether Canada was more in alignment with the continued midwifery in UK, a long tradition. But thank goodness for the good docs who were willing to work with us!! Here in the US, the midwives could lose everything, including their children,
and go to jail, so at the least sign of difference, they scooted.
By the nineties the west coast was a lot better, but they/we were still hounded. by the pediatricians, amongst others.
They let the christians be, tho. They went after the new thinking ones. By the nineties the licensing interests came into full play. With all the competition that entails.
It's more reasonable in Texas. Birth is not a "medical procedure" in Texas, but there is still a lot of animosity towards midwives, especially from OB/GYNs.
Sorry, I forget easy, details. Texas to me means Molly Ivins!!
Well, yeah, the Inquisitions were all about getting rid of community midwives, who were general practitioners for the entire community they communed with. Also, a big land grab.
Church, govt, military, and medical have always been heads of the same beast. And don't humans love the idea that the giant will work for them? Nice friend to have. I'm not against healers of all stripes, but when status and money are involved, it all goes sideways.
Did you know that even when people were being persecuted for practicing natal astrology, a doctor who did surgery on a patient had better have known where Mars was positioned before scheduling. If his patient died, and he had not, he could, by law ,be put to death.
But of course, this was about the wealthy. Physicians were required to study astronomy/astrology, just as they studied physiognomy and physiology.
If you want a real laugh at an American's experience of the medical industry, Dave Barry's essay in his book "I'll Mature When I'm Dead" is spot on, and as usual , dang funny!
People tend to expect a whole lot for their "money" when they haven't a clue what's involved. I know that from experience.
You may find this interesting as it's a Dr. from Houston.
https://rumble.com/v29woe8-interview-with-dr.-venu-julapalli-m.d.-from-vaccines-to-lawsuits-viva-frei-.html
Thanks Red, but it's an hour past my bedtime and I can't catch up to the flow into my inbox, so I'll need to pass on another video.
Hi John, I would love to see hand-rails, for your added safety. Down the road, I suggest having a bedroom on the ground-floor, for ultimate safety and convenience.
Love, Mona and Frank
Thanks Frank. No room for a bedroom down here.
This is actually a big improvement, and there are rails up top. I may put one on the wall-side. It's the slipping that was a problem.
Those 3M sandpaper-grip strips stopped that cold.
Jenny slipped near the bottom, and I was distracting myself, trying to put a hammer into the loop on my painter pants at the top, slipped, and bounced all the way down like a cartoon character.
I'm embarrassed to admit that I did not put the strips on until then, but I put much better stripping than I had previously planned.
Aw stairs! Descending backwards is advisable, like a ships ladder. Handrail wouldn't hurt either. They look great just the same.
They are a lot like a ship's ladder, and the stairs at a house we stayed at in Amsterdam, and the stairs in a traditional 1920s Japanese house I lived in in high school in the 1970s, which is to say "be careful". Stairs to code take up a LOT of space. These are like the largest pull-down attic ladder you can buy, which is what was initially there, until the rougher aspects of construction were finished.
Some good information about the derailment in Ohio, and derailments in general (who knew there are about 1,000 of these each year).,
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/train-crashes-and-base-rate-fallacies?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email