tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38021290.post9079728199614470242..comments2023-04-13T09:06:08.689-07:00Comments on Radical Midwife: i know, i know...Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903424474606383894noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38021290.post-14245509215883495932008-03-19T11:44:00.000-07:002008-03-19T11:44:00.000-07:00Hi Lori,Thank you for sharing. I am very familiar...Hi Lori,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for sharing. I am very familiar with HELLP syndrome, and the midwife that I work with had a client who developed it preterm, and nearly lost her life (but both her baby and herself are alive and healthy today thanks to necessary immediate medical intervention).<BR/><BR/>Believe me....I know 100% that there are times when we NEED everything the medical world has to offer. Having just come home from one such birth, I know this all too well. <BR/><BR/>I am glad that your son and yourself are alive and healthy today. :)<BR/><BR/>While things DO go wrong in childbirth (as in all things in life), I also know that the vast majority of time things go just perfectly. As a midwife, I am trained to know when things begin to head south, and to seek immediate assistance; my job is to also serve normal birth, which is what occurs 99% of the time.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for sharing your story.<BR/>Love,<BR/>Radical MidwifeLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01903424474606383894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38021290.post-80774209055290845712008-03-18T17:57:00.000-07:002008-03-18T17:57:00.000-07:00My son and I are a true story of a baby and mother...My son and I are a true story of a baby and mother who almost died during birth. I tell my story on my blog not to be a martyr, but to educate women on my clotting disorder, preeclampsia, and the HELLP syndrome that nearly killed my baby and me on the night of his birth.<BR/><BR/>I understand how reading some birth stories could cause a bit of an eyeroll when told of near death circumstances. But, please, do not presume that deaths and near deaths are not happening.<BR/><BR/>While it was crystal clear in my particular circumstance that I needed medical intervention in the weeks before my son's premature birth, it is not always so clear cut. HELLP syndrome and pre-eclampsia can turn from threatening to deadly in a couple of hours.<BR/><BR/>I do not condemn midwifery, homebirth, or natural childbirth as a whole. I think that there is a segment of the population for whom this is a real option. <BR/><BR/>But things do go wrong in childbirth. Our bodies aren't always amazing. Sometimes (despite our every effort to the contrary) they betray us and our babies.<BR/><BR/>I invite you to read the circumstances surrounding my pregnancy and birth. I think you will find it obvious that the circumstances are not a "story of how we almost died", but the truth of how we really very narrowly escaped a certain death.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading,<BR/>LoriLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17735524011177612504noreply@blogger.com