Comments for Up the Junction http://www.catmuir.com Pregnant in Clapham Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:21:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on The weakest Link by k http://www.catmuir.com/?p=11#comment-6 k Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:46:28 +0000 http://www.catmuir.com/?p=11#comment-6 Yes, you'd think we might have learnt in the FOUR HUNDRED intervening years, eh? ;) Yes, you’d think we might have learnt in the FOUR HUNDRED intervening years, eh? ;)

]]> Comment on The weakest Link by admin http://www.catmuir.com/?p=11#comment-5 admin Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:52:49 +0000 http://www.catmuir.com/?p=11#comment-5 Interesting! And that was the 17th century... Interesting! And that was the 17th century…

]]> Comment on The weakest Link by k http://www.catmuir.com/?p=11#comment-4 k Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:35:19 +0000 http://www.catmuir.com/?p=11#comment-4 Hmn. not sure I should be telling you about this in your condition... but have you ever read up on the link between the 'medicalisation of childbirth' in the c17th and the decline in community midwiffery (village midwives were rather frequently burnt as witches...), and the associated 25% increace in death rate from Puerperal fever? http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/manitoba_womens_health/hist1b.htm Interesting stuff, if you happen to be a good feminist interested in the cultural implications of childbirth... :) Hmn. not sure I should be telling you about this in your condition… but have you ever read up on the link between the ‘medicalisation of childbirth’ in the c17th and the decline in community midwiffery (village midwives were rather frequently burnt as witches…), and the associated 25% increace in death rate from Puerperal fever?
http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/manitoba_womens_health/hist1b.htm

Interesting stuff, if you happen to be a good feminist interested in the cultural implications of childbirth… :)

]]> Comment on Wriggler Wallis by James http://www.catmuir.com/?p=6#comment-3 James Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:48:21 +0000 http://www.catmuir.com/?p=6#comment-3 I can't think either. I can’t think either.

]]> Comment on The uterine wars by bob http://www.catmuir.com/?p=4#comment-2 bob Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:31:55 +0000 http://www.catmuir.com/?p=4#comment-2 i think i ended up being increadibly lucky with the care i recieved. and i also had scans and tests early on because of the awful cramping and pains i experienced. and i was lucky that the hospital i chose to deliver at had a midwife led natural birthing unit. so apart from feeling really awful during my pregnancy, i had great care and a fantastic birthing experience. it does seem like an awful postcode lottery, and it doesn't end with birth. getting any kind of support with breastfeeding is dependant on where you live. a friend of mine who only lived a bus journey from me could get no support at all unless she came to my neighbourhood and used the drop-in facilities that i had found. i was so disgusted. also, a book i recommend is The Baby Catcher by Peggy Vincent. i found it really easy to read, and i learned so much about the birthing experience and how people choose to do it differently. i will try and send james home with a copy i think i ended up being increadibly lucky with the care i recieved. and i also had scans and tests early on because of the awful cramping and pains i experienced. and i was lucky that the hospital i chose to deliver at had a midwife led natural birthing unit. so apart from feeling really awful during my pregnancy, i had great care and a fantastic birthing experience. it does seem like an awful postcode lottery, and it doesn’t end with birth. getting any kind of support with breastfeeding is dependant on where you live. a friend of mine who only lived a bus journey from me could get no support at all unless she came to my neighbourhood and used the drop-in facilities that i had found. i was so disgusted.

also, a book i recommend is The Baby Catcher by Peggy Vincent. i found it really easy to read, and i learned so much about the birthing experience and how people choose to do it differently. i will try and send james home with a copy

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