Questions every woman should ask
My carpool buddy, G, is pregnant and expecting her first baby in October! I'm so stinking excited for her. We talk a lot about birth and pregnancy stuff during our 30-minute commutes into and out of Ann Arbor every day and she brought up a conversation she had with her OB/GYN during her most recent appointment.
G asked (as most women do) what the OB's approximate C-section rate was. The doctor replied "Oh, somewhere around the national average". This was alarming to me, and apparently didn't sit too well with G either, because she said that she wished she had asked more questions or been more direct about it.
This morning, babyslime linked to this page in her entry: 5 essential questions. I think this link sums up pretty nicely what questions a woman should ask her care provider, in what manner she should phrase the question (ie open-ended and not yes-no type questions) and also what types of answers are huge red flags to find another provider!
I wanted to bookmark this page and also tag it here in my LJ so I would be able to access it in the future if needed.
If you have other links to important 'birth is normal' type information, how to choose a doctor/midwife, how to find a doula, natural/intervention-free birth practices, please spam me! I'd love to create a collection to share with G and to keep for my own personal use. :)
G asked (as most women do) what the OB's approximate C-section rate was. The doctor replied "Oh, somewhere around the national average". This was alarming to me, and apparently didn't sit too well with G either, because she said that she wished she had asked more questions or been more direct about it.
This morning, babyslime linked to this page in her entry: 5 essential questions. I think this link sums up pretty nicely what questions a woman should ask her care provider, in what manner she should phrase the question (ie open-ended and not yes-no type questions) and also what types of answers are huge red flags to find another provider!
I wanted to bookmark this page and also tag it here in my LJ so I would be able to access it in the future if needed.
If you have other links to important 'birth is normal' type information, how to choose a doctor/midwife, how to find a doula, natural/intervention-free birth practices, please spam me! I'd love to create a collection to share with G and to keep for my own personal use. :)