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frereamour · 2 months ago

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one thing that bothers me is the constant advocacy for 'natural birth' that is plainly speaking, and in the case of the Portuguese healthcare system, just an excuse to cut corners and save money. Natural birth is much cheaper when compared to c-section, no matter how painful and tortuous for the woman, so it's convenient that there is also a slew of 'natural living' grifters advocating for it, along with the service of 'doulas' who are literally just some people with no medical qualifications and incapable of doing anything besides call emergency in case of a complication during birth.

to me it's extremely offensive that women are expected to give birth in conditions akin to those of cattle and to heap insult to injury this is somehow framed as 'good for them'.

#actually it's worse than cattle because there's usually about 4 people and a vet involved in the birth of livestock #these women are giving birth at home like dogs #or in a hospital with a nurse screaming in their face #and not just women! i recently saw a video of a trans guy who was talking about his experience giving birth in a plastic pool at home #my dude why are you also falling prey to misogynist bullshit about 'natural' 'healthy' births???#i don't think hospitals are great i think people suffer all kinds of medical violence when giving birth #but i don't think the solution is ignoring the centuries of evolution in the field of medicine to give birth at home #it's expecting and demanding better care

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