Women's Decision-Making And Factors Affecting Their Choice Of ...

agaLvt. when I had mu episiotomu the maLe doctor that sewed me up olidn't
even introduce hi,h(seLf to me, uok Iznow, he was just sort of taLking to vi(e at
that end, didn't even Loolz at hitu face and er, I think those sorts of things are
appaLLing, treating WOVNeN Like objects basicallu alkol I think the higher up the
hierarchu the vu.ore that happens.
Ponkcina: I have aLrendu 14,q01 four children aLL vi hospital. and tendeol to
have veru long, quite difficult Labours with cohkpLete 1-nterventi.on
wherebu I have been, im.duceol, on.0 waters have beew brolzen at quite often
thlngs didn't go to pLan... evtcottiAtereol a Lot of staff who were veru veru nice,
but cante across sohke who it was just a job and there was vuo evu.pathu build up.
And because uou. are N& a cov6ti-vutous conveuor belt of viteeting Lots of different
people ivt the course of beivtg pregnant uou don't get a chavvce to buiLd up that
empathu, the understanding, sohke forii& of friendship so that uou feel reLaxed
in, having the babu and everthi.ns 1.1,192 that. I endeol up requesti-ng a hohke
birth, and hopefulluft will be a shorter birth and I could cope with it on h,tu owvL.
terms vu.0 OWN pLace better than if I was L. the hospital.
Kebabonue: I based that decision o reaLLu probabLu the care C
attention we had i-vt hospitcit. with vu. -First child. i-+e is nineteen this dear so,
but his birth was, I think I received between 15 and 22 stitches to put mu
bottook back together after he was born. fit di.dn't, when he was born, he didn.'t
cru I thought as well, avtd as Lustau as other people's babes. fte was the
shkaLLest 1-1/1. the unit avtd I was the ova -other who didn't svuokee avtd I fouvol
that reallu distressing....1 think. I amswered u °kr question., vuu fixst birth was
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