Just what is that 10K going to pay for? I do want a person with some experience just in case of some odd mishap, cord around the neck, or breech baby or something...but I don't need cable tv...
What I want-and need, is a competent trained person to catch the kid, stitch me up, and be capable of emergency issues should they arise....hopefully a bit more competent than reading the 'what to do if the baby arrives before the ambulance' section of the book.
Oh and I want someone else to clean up the err mess...not the baby I would gladly do that bath (or let my husband), just the bed, and placenta. That I would rather not have to deal with right after delivery. Though this one I could do without.
Why can I not get that for less than 10K?
I am not even asking for someone to talk me thru wanting to push early (three kids, been there done that, at 8cm I will want to push). Not that I would mind, but that kind of help isn't offered in the 10K.
Nor am I asking for someone to figure out a way to avoid the tearing that happens with each kid (3 kids, all three tore at the same spot) - not that I would mind the help, but that isn't offered for the 10K.
I can handle the sleep, the shower, the food, and the nursing (though I highly recommend praying for a competent nurse your first time, let her move you around to get you and baby latched on right, learn from her, don't mind the contact, it is worth it for the health of your baby)
I just don't want to have to decide between delivering the kid alone, or paying 10K...that choice is unfair. How can it help to force women to choose between ridiculously high debt or going alone? (or breaking the law and hoping that a back door midwife is not a quack..with no legal records to look up)
10K to deliver a healthy baby...another rant
January 7th, 2008 at 06:09 pm
January 7th, 2008 at 06:13 pm 1199729606
January 7th, 2008 at 06:26 pm 1199730361
I wish it were not so.
Oh no I am not high risk, none of my last three births had any trouble at all.
January 7th, 2008 at 07:29 pm 1199734199
I think it for the just in case cost.
January 7th, 2008 at 07:54 pm 1199735642
And I can't sleep in hospitals, I have no desire to stay 5 days.
January 7th, 2008 at 08:10 pm 1199736651
I always thought it would be fun to deliver while I was in Indiana, so I could go to one of the Amish birthing centers. The are so homelike. And, a large number of them are located right next to or right across the street from the hospital-just in case. I visited a friend who worked in one. She was the only non-Amish person on staff -the rest were Amish midwives. She is an RN nurse practioner and also a notary. It was located in a large house. You would not have known what it was if it was not for the sign out front. They came in, had the baby and when they felt up to it, they left. It was so calm.
They still got their check over, drops in eyes, blood drawn....just the old fashioned way. If there was a problem, they were at the hospital ER in about 1 1/2 minutes.--often the same time it takes to page someone into the room.
January 7th, 2008 at 08:27 pm 1199737675
January 8th, 2008 at 04:18 pm 1199809139