tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post7992654420912633172..comments2024-03-05T11:36:50.299-05:00Comments on Stand and Deliver: Mother's Advocate: 6 Steps to a Safer BirthRixahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07908864785513937876noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-12284678576034568122009-07-14T16:51:45.717-04:002009-07-14T16:51:45.717-04:00Oh, golly. Bethany birthing center is still opera...Oh, golly. Bethany birthing center is still operating as a women's health center, but has not hosted/serviced in-house births since June 2007.<br /><br />Now I'm more interested than ever about a new birthing center opening!!Karen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850358574732662426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-73284250292852258682009-07-14T15:35:25.733-04:002009-07-14T15:35:25.733-04:00OK -- I did a little Googling, and made a phone ca...OK -- I did a little Googling, and made a phone call. The only birthing center is Bethany Birthing Ctr, and it is definitely not in a mansion. It was closed down for a time -- I thought it was permanently closed -- but it appears that it is back open. If there's a new one opening up to join Bethany, all the better! But, I couldn't find any info on it.<br /><br />About wires and gowns, etc., I encouraged my friend to bring her own clothes (like a swim top/tank especially), and she's already got a hep lock in her birthing plan so as to not be tied down. And, she's going to do intermittent monitoring... I don't like all those trappings either -- literally <i>trappings</i>! -- and it is possible to birth without them, but you have to know your rights, and you have to know what to ask for, which a vast majority of hospital birthers don't! So, that's why I think the videos are particularly helpful. If someone watched all seven of those videos, each at 2-3.5 min long, that little bit of info would be enough -- if applied -- to have a fabulous, natural, hospital birth.Karen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850358574732662426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-24796542900908321352009-07-14T15:20:55.001-04:002009-07-14T15:20:55.001-04:00I thought there was a new FSBC in Phoenix--I remem...I thought there was a new FSBC in Phoenix--I remember someone sending me links to it. It's in a huge early 20th century mansion and looks really cool...but I can't remember what it's called. In any case, I see your point--but sometimes (for me) it's hard to see what's happening behind all of the hospital trappings--the woman seems to get lost behind the wires and monitors and gowns! I know it's probably not like that for many women, who really don't notice those things as much.Rixahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908864785513937876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-5225220182553948242009-07-14T14:35:57.963-04:002009-07-14T14:35:57.963-04:00Actually, I really appreciated the fact that the m...Actually, I really appreciated the fact that the material IS in an institutional setting. I and virtually every other woman I know birthed in a hospital setting. However, I am coming to understand what an absolute rarity I was, having five hospital births with absolutely no interventions (other than a hep lock). I have a deep desire to help women learn that if home birth seems too extreme for them (and there are NO birthing centers -- NONE -- in the Phoenix area, not free-standing, nor with hospital affiliation), that birthing naturally in a hospital <b>is</b> do-able. Virtually all the lit out there right now is geared to a one-or-the-other approach -- either for homebirthers OR to standard induced/epidural'ed/c-sectioned births. From my perspective, this is fabulous, helpful middle ground. <br /><br />I immediately forwarded the links to a friend of mine who is due in 2 weeks, and has asked me to be her labor coach. I have sent her tons (maybe too much!) info, but again, it all tends to be from one extreme or the other, and she (and many other women) are just not extreme.Karen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850358574732662426noreply@blogger.com