Konny,
OMG!
There is NO statistical, evidence based information regarding these ‘tinctures’ and other botanicals you mention.
If you were, or consulted, a medical researcher, you would have known this.
Please do not give medical advice on a blog site, especially since you are so obviously NOT a physician.

Thanks LauraJ!

I was pretty sure that when the debate over unassisted childbirth wore out, people would find something else to pick on. LOL! Funny thing is I decided not to touch the UC issue with a 10 foot pole and look where it got me! *smile*

LaMama I’m sorry about that post I was like way harsh. After I re-read your post I understood what you meant but then it was too late, ya know? Anyways I’ve had my share of trials so I sympathize and truly wish you and your family all the best.

Who would have thought a simple little birth announcement post would become so heated? LOL!

Ok, Ok… sorry about the “tacky” comment. I do not wish ANYTHING bad on her. I have the utmost compassion for her situation. I even mentioned that I wish many blessings for her, if you read my whole comment.

LauraJ, in response to the “Karma’s a Bitch” comment, you do not know what I’ve had to endure in my life or what I may be enduring now. I just deal with things differently. I certainly do not think there is anything wrong with asking for help. I’ve just never heard of anyone asking for help THAT way and I was raising an eyebrow, that’s all. I’ve seen people ask an individual or organization for help and then someone else does the fundraising. Maybe she doesn’t have anyone to turn to. I don’t know. I’m truly sorry if I offended you.

Debating over homebirth was asked to leave out of the comments. Now, I’m not going to delete the comments doing that, since it would take too long and wouldn’t bring any use, but future comments debating the issue will be removed.

Hey everyone keeps talking about her blog but I can’t find it,someone wanna post the address for me? Thanks!

LaMama I also found your comment extremely “tacky”, I just pray that you’ll never be put in a situation like Asia where you have to ask for and are dependant upon the kindness of strangers ’cause “Karma’s a Bitch.”

“I must say I do find it rather tacky for her to be asking for donations. I’ve heard of churches and communities rallying around families in need, but it seems rather bold to come out and ask for it on your own. But if it keeps her from her from returning to her former profession, then maybe that’s a good thing?”

And I find your Comment very tacky, LaMama.

Her husband just died. She is facing the prospect of raising two children on her own, one who just arrived into this world, and you call her asking for help “tacky?”

She’s maintained her own website for a decade and knows how many of her friends and fans visit it. There is nothing wrong with reaching out and asking for help when you need it most. If someone finds it “tacky” or doesn’t want to help, they are not being forced to, of course. Geez.

I just have to chime in here. I feel immense empathy for Asia and her/her family’s huge loss. Also, many comment b/c they assume she planned to uc all along. Some do actually choose to do this, but as Asia said, she was going to use a midwife.

As for naysayers who speak about unassisted childbirth (UC) without even doing a Google search to research for themselves to find out why women chose this every day and how it can be safer than a hospital or over-managed midwife homebirth experience… it’s obvious you do not understand the concept and how birthing women can be effected by anothers presence at the birth.

Fortunately we live in a time where SO MUCH information is available and easily accessed. I say women, EDUCATE YOURSELVES on your choices and on caring for youselves, EMPOWER YOURSELVES and make the best decision that works for you.
I have… and I choose UC.
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From an RN who is tired of seeing women give their power to others, seeing babies induced for ‘tired of being pg’ and other excuses… and tired of seeing babies go to nicu when it is preventable in many cases.

Suge, just for the record:
Most people who attend births regurlarly will be able to tell you that fast births (that come fast on their own – not rushed) are usually complication free. Long drawn out births are where most complications are found. Hemorrage is unlikely (although it does occasionally happen – especially if the mom is exhausted from long labor – in which case the MW would already be there) in a homebirth because the natural provisions for preventing it are not interfered with:
1. skin to skin contact with baby
2. breastfeeding (usually initiated by the baby within the first 20 minutes)
3. Mom’s hormones are not diluted by I.V.
4. There are no drugs contracting her uterus after birth (which can cause a “lazy uterus” when the drug wears off)

If you ask a midwife, they will probably tell you that they are not especially worried about a woman giving birth quickly before they arrive. It happens, and usually it is fine.
The actual statistics (for the person that was asking) show that home birth is just as safe as hospital birth for the baby, and it is safer than hospital birth for the mom.
If you want the specific studies cited, contact me offline.
Faith

Konny, I can vouch for this anecdotally. My first birth, the nurses totally blew me off, assuring me that this would take hours and not even checking me until I had been at the hospital for an hours. I was complete! So they brought me to the delivery room to wait for my doctor to be called at home and told me not to push. By the time the doc arrived, I had lost all faith in the nurses and didn’t trust anyone. Eventually, my son had to be delivered quickly because his signs were falling. Luckily I was able to deliver after an epi w/o vacuum or c section, but he was taken away from me to be put in a warmer. WTF?? Why not wrap him with me? Anyway, he would not have been distressed if he had been delivered when he was ready to be delivered.

The same doctor delivered my third. At the end, she urged me to push him out quickly just because she was in a hurry. He was out in three pushes and because I’m a strong pusher, he was out and taking a breath before being suctioned. He ended up with transient tychipnea and had to be transferred to a NICU in another hospital. This is a condition that is common to c sections which we had because he was born too quickly. Both times, the overly medical, overly cautious doctor caused the complications.

The second baby was delivered by a very laid back OB who just let me run the show. It was a beautiful birth with no complications and I had two full hours with my daughter before she was taken from me. All three were unmedicated hospital births. I would have loved to do this at least with a midwife who was educated in natural pain relief because in all three cases, I was on my own for managing my pain. Something must change!