tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post2289687650398027664..comments2024-03-05T11:36:50.299-05:00Comments on Stand and Deliver: Birth Around the World: Giving birth in HaitiRixahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07908864785513937876noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-56015279998058707352010-10-06T11:32:38.176-04:002010-10-06T11:32:38.176-04:00Thanks for letting me know about this wonderful or...Thanks for letting me know about this wonderful organization. I donated to the cause.Elitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294923997458681675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-73074028740121125512010-09-01T03:44:31.497-04:002010-09-01T03:44:31.497-04:00It really wasn't so long ago that delivering i...It really wasn't so long ago that delivering in Canada or the USA was a life threatening thing for a woman to do....not to diminish what is going on in Haiti...but I think we owe it to those countries that are a lot worse off to somehow help them out....Cartoon Charactershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871661908222892370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-23455796547219534092010-08-31T18:49:04.716-04:002010-08-31T18:49:04.716-04:00I have a sense of "survivor's guilt"...I have a sense of "survivor's guilt" when thinking of what others go through just because they were born in a different place than I was.<br />Why am I so lucky? I don't 'deserve' it.Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455764039212519400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-88049630030578096332010-08-31T17:25:50.562-04:002010-08-31T17:25:50.562-04:00Not to forget that we do have certain populations ...Not to forget that we do have certain populations and locations in North America that are terribly under-served wrt maternity and health care . . . some located hundreds of miles from hospitals.jakesasknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-38008142448847435442010-08-31T16:44:54.516-04:002010-08-31T16:44:54.516-04:00When talking to my geography classes about human d...When talking to my geography classes about human development issues in the Third World, I've talked about patients having to bring their own supplies to the hospital or sending someone to go buy things (and also hospitals re-using contaminated supplies because of lack of alternatives). Students are flabbergasted and disbelieving. We are indeed very privileged, and most of us seldom think about it.jakesasknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-31100395262451563152010-08-30T23:03:07.064-04:002010-08-30T23:03:07.064-04:00wow, it is so hard to fathom. I get to be pregnan...wow, it is so hard to fathom. I get to be pregnant for the third time here in the US. Fantastic Medical care around the corner if needed. But my midwife will come prepared with all kinds of life preserving items and drugs right to my home for the birth of my child. How fortunate we are.<br />-A in ICAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com