A while back, I made it my business to figure out whether birth was preferable in a hospital (with aenesthesiologists) vs. in a birth center without pain relief. I found it difficult to draw hard conclusions, but even that makes me think the medical system needs to do better
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By the way, in terms of self-report, birth centers seem clearly preferable. The question I was left with was whether women who were more open to a birth without pain relief could tolerate it better than women who weren't, and that's really difficult to resolve
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The reality for a hospital birth is that the experience is likely considerably less personal, less communicative & more restrictive, with strangers probing you at your most vulnerable; in a birth center, you'll have more emotional support & freedom, but the pain is what it is
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Replying to @webdevMason
I really liked having a hospital birth *because* it was so personal; the doctors & nurses were so kind and seemed genuinely happy for me. Someone helped me to the toilet when I couldn’t on my own! It’s emotionally *huge* to experience being that helpless and then getting help.
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Honestly I’m kind of a medicine fangirl. If I had an excuse *besides* being a patient to hang out with nurses all day I’d be all over that.
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