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Hi there, Ive just watched this documentary about labor situation in US. Well, Im from Poland and its way different here in hispitals. Doctor pressure natural birth, only IF there is real need women can get pitocin or go throw c-section. Its not common to induce. Still you can get epidurial if you want, but everything os just more natural. Is really that bad at hospitals in USA girls?
I am aware of all that trust me. I am an educated woman. I'm just saying that it's not right to categorize all hospitals into one genre based off experiences. In other countries, there could always be a covered truth when it comes to certain things like labor...but anyways... perhaps maybe I should do more recent research. I am super glad that I will be delivering at an amazing hospital with great staff! :)
People sharing facts and giving information isn't "bashing your country", it's telling the truth. The US spends the most money per capita by far than any country in the world and has outcomes far below most of the rest of the developed world. It's cool to be proud of where you live but when it comes to healthcare (and education) it's important to be aware of the reality that patriotism isn't helping the embarrassingly low rank we hold in so many categories.
I just find the bashing on the states hospitals to be completely offensive and yea parts of the healthcare system bites. But if people have had these horrible experiences then maybe move elsewhere to have children. I had to have a major surgery 20 weeks into my pregnancy and received the best care possible and that also happens to be the hospital I will be delivering at. Don't put ALL the hospitals in the US into one category of experiences. Sorry, I know everyone is entitled to their opinion, I just don't like people bashing on my country... nobody can just take a little bit of information from just one documentary without doing extra research to develop a broader spectrum.
I do have to agree, the healthcare here in the states is completely warped. I'm just glad I got a great dr and chose the right hospital. And to the nurses are almost always nice comment, idk where you live but where I am about 70% of ten nurses I've encountered ( been sick a lot) are horrible, just mean and rough. My post partum nurses and the nicu nurses were this way. But my l&d nurses were all kind and gentle.
And we also have c-sections here :) my cousin has one because od health problem with eyes :)
Thank You girls for your answers. I watched this documentary because od this forum (someone mentioned) and I noticed that things go very different here, in Europe. Im not saying that better, just different. For example doctors during labor, but maybe its just my experience.
I know that the induction/csection rate is high here in the US but some people have to have them for medical reasons for me I had scoliosis correction surgery at the age of 12 but I still have a curve in my spine at the bottom of my back which causes my pelvic bone to be tilted I've been told by several doctors if I was to push a baby out it would break my pelvic bone so I had csections I would rather indure the pain of a csection then have my pelvic bone broken I will be having my third and last csection in August and I don't feel that I was robbed of anything because I already have 2 healthy boys and will be welcoming my third in August I don't think I would have ever felt comfortable having a home birth but I think it's every woman's decision
Well, let's put it this way...
In more than a dozen Texas counties, the maternal mortality rate is 100 deaths per 100,000 births - that's on par with Morocco and Honduras. Pregnant women in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Mongolia, Syria and Kyrgistan have better health outcomes. And in two Texas counties, more than 900 women die for every 100,000 births - that's right between the death rates for mothers in Somalia and Sierra Leone, which rank among the top three maternal mortality rates in the world.
I would link the article this came from, but the message board rules won't allow it. It's well cited and completely true.
There are good hospitals here in the US. But there are far too many dangerous ones. Nearly one in three births (32.9%) in the US is by c-section. That's not opinion, it is fact. Norway (16.8%) and Sweden (17.8%) have much better (measurable) birth outcomes than we do here with nearly half the c-section rate.
My son was born in a birthing center with a midwife attending. My next will be born at home. I don't want to have to wait for someone to bring me Tylenol for after-birth cramping, I want to get up and get it myself. I don't want to pay $12/each for postpartum sanitary pads when I can buy a whole package of them for $8. I don't want to be surrounded by IV poles and beeping monitors that don't improve outcomes - I want to be in my own home that is just as safe and much more welcoming, with a well-trained midwife who is perfectly capable of catching a baby and tying off a cord. TBoBB didn't "change my life" but there's a lot more truth in it than some like to think. The system here in the US is broken.
In more than a dozen Texas counties, the maternal mortality rate is 100 deaths per 100,000 births - that's on par with Morocco and Honduras. Pregnant women in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Mongolia, Syria and Kyrgistan have better health outcomes. And in two Texas counties, more than 900 women die for every 100,000 births - that's right between the death rates for mothers in Somalia and Sierra Leone, which rank among the top three maternal mortality rates in the world.
I would link the article this came from, but the message board rules won't allow it. It's well cited and completely true.
There are good hospitals here in the US. But there are far too many dangerous ones. Nearly one in three births (32.9%) in the US is by c-section. That's not opinion, it is fact. Norway (16.8%) and Sweden (17.8%) have much better (measurable) birth outcomes than we do here with nearly half the c-section rate.
My son was born in a birthing center with a midwife attending. My next will be born at home. I don't want to have to wait for someone to bring me Tylenol for after-birth cramping, I want to get up and get it myself. I don't want to pay $12/each for postpartum sanitary pads when I can buy a whole package of them for $8. I don't want to be surrounded by IV poles and beeping monitors that don't improve outcomes - I want to be in my own home that is just as safe and much more welcoming, with a well-trained midwife who is perfectly capable of catching a baby and tying off a cord. TBoBB didn't "change my life" but there's a lot more truth in it than some like to think. The system here in the US is broken.
I didn't have a bad experience either. I wasnt offered anything for pain unless I asked. Then only thing I was offered was pitocin because my water broke and after a few hours I wasnt having consistent contractions and I wasnt progressing on my own. Nothing was rushed either they actually delayed my pushing if anything so she could travel down on her own so I wouldn't push that long.
It definitely depends on where you are in the US. I know my doctors and nurses have never "forced" me into anything. If I didn't want something that wasn't necessary, they don't push me or make me feel bad about my decision.
In my hospital, the nurses are great! And I'm told when I check in that if I have a problem or dont feel comfortable with a certain nurse, I am too let someone know so that they can omit them from my helping nurses. I've never had that issue, though.
Like other ladies have said, there are good doctors/nurses and bad ones.
In my hospital, the nurses are great! And I'm told when I check in that if I have a problem or dont feel comfortable with a certain nurse, I am too let someone know so that they can omit them from my helping nurses. I've never had that issue, though.
Like other ladies have said, there are good doctors/nurses and bad ones.
Having a home birth does not put you or your baby in any more risk then a hospital if you are healthy. Not just anyone can have a home birth. Midwives have guidlines to follow to see if someone is able to have a home birth.
I would say yes absolutely the situation is that bad here. In the last five years or so I dont know a single person whose labor was not augmented with Pierson. Not a single one. I was also induced for high blood pressure. I had an absolutely horrific experience. Looking back, I honestly dont feel like I really needed to be induced. My blood pressure went up around six months and then stayed there. Never changed. Went a week over due and doctors were like your blood pressure is starting to scare us. Now I could understand if it was still rising. But it wasn't and baby girl was perfectly happy all along. But they scared me enough that I gave in and said yes. Im not saying that there is never a reason to induce or have a c section. There definatly is. But we as the patient seem to have forgotten that we can question the doctors. We can ask for second opinions. Our bodies were made to do this ladies! Not everyone has a medical emergency that warrents a c section or pitosin. If that were the case than the human race would have died out a long time ago. And like I said, there are definatly situations that Warrent intervention but maybe we should start asking questions as to weather we are really in one of those situations.
Im not bashing u I was just saying cuz ive seen alot of girls on here start basically preaching about what other women should do because they just "had their eyes opened" by this movie. Sorry if I came off as pissy to u that wasnt what I was goin for at all
No its not bad. I would never risk my baby's life and my own by giving birth at my house or a place that Ian prepared for the worst. Nurses are almost always nice. All you have to do is stay in the hospital for a few days at most. Its worth it.
Well, no offence lady, this is why Im asking, doc was quite offensive to hospitals in US
No I hate seeing so many ppl get their info from a documentary that is made by ppl who will obviously have their own views and opinions on things. Women should do their own research about what is best for them from various sources not a movie that will not and can not be unbiased
I watched it and I don't think it's fair to compare all hospital births in the US and just put em all in the same box. Every one of them is different. The hospital I will be delivering at is ranked in the top 10 to deliver babies at... I may need to check on that ranking but I am pretty sure that's accurate. BSA hospital in Amarillo TX is the one I am talking about, if you're curious. :)
I had a good experience as well, I was induced at 40+1 because of high blood pressure. Dr told me that we would start with cervadil and if my body did what it needed to do I could refuse the pitocin. Same with the epidural, if I felt I didn't need it I didn't have to have it or any other pain meds. They were offered but not pressured onto me. Just like above said, good dr and bad dr. But nurses are to be blamed as well, they usually pressure you more than the dr considering drs here in my city only actually come to catch the baby and stitch you up, the nurses just call them on the phone and ask what meds to give etc..
No I don't think it is that bad. I actually had a very good experience when I had my daughter; I had to be induced at 40+6 weeks because I was running out of amniotic fluid. The doctor and nurses were great to me and never tried to force me to do something I didn't want to do. There are good doctors and hospitals and bad ones too just like midwives there good ones and bad ones.
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