Comments on: Me on the Last Word http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2007/01/31/me-on-the-last-word/ An Irish woman's social, political and domestic commentary Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:50:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Chris http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2007/01/31/me-on-the-last-word/comment-page-1/#comment-82118 Chris Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:33:40 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2007/01/31/me-on-the-last-word/#comment-82118 Many interesting information on your site - keep up good workH Many interesting information on your site – keep up good workH

]]> By: Sarah http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2007/01/31/me-on-the-last-word/comment-page-1/#comment-41096 Sarah Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:41:59 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2007/01/31/me-on-the-last-word/#comment-41096 you know I don't want too posh to push to be true, but I am starting to think that it might be. I think you have well off women paying obstetricians big money and they are afraid of childbirth (which is fair enough) and the obstetricians feed their fears with nonsense about big babies and small hips (which is rubbish) and how the section is safer and more convenient. The well off women are used to being in control and want SOMEBODY to be in control and mother nature, who is in control, is too wild and unpredictable for them. So its not so much that they are saying eeeeuw vaginal birth gross, what about my pelvic floor? They are panicky and use their money to control it. But ultimately its bullshit. Getting a baby out of your body and into the world is a traumatic thing. You are better off, as with all things in life, facing it and pushing it out yourself and learning that you did this great thing. Its like passing a driving test. Well if I was rich I could pay for someone to drive me around all the time, or I could buckle down and pass my test. I feel much better knowing I can do it myself, even if taxis are easier. Or something like that. you know I don’t want too posh to push to be true, but I am starting to think that it might be.
I think you have well off women paying obstetricians big money and they are afraid of childbirth (which is fair enough) and the obstetricians feed their fears with nonsense about big babies and small hips (which is rubbish) and how the section is safer and more convenient. The well off women are used to being in control and want SOMEBODY to be in control and mother nature, who is in control, is too wild and unpredictable for them. So its not so much that they are saying eeeeuw vaginal birth gross, what about my pelvic floor? They are panicky and use their money to control it. But ultimately its bullshit. Getting a baby out of your body and into the world is a traumatic thing. You are better off, as with all things in life, facing it and pushing it out yourself and learning that you did this great thing. Its like passing a driving test. Well if I was rich I could pay for someone to drive me around all the time, or I could buckle down and pass my test. I feel much better knowing I can do it myself, even if taxis are easier. Or something like that.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2007/01/31/me-on-the-last-word/comment-page-1/#comment-41086 Sarah Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:28:04 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2007/01/31/me-on-the-last-word/#comment-41086 Well I have met the eminent Dr (or is it even Mr - MASTER!) Geary once - I had a long chat with him about the section rate and we have exchanged some emails. I wonder was he disapproving of my informal mode of address? :-) On the one hand I like him and the other hand he is very defensive about section rates and I think is in the "you have a live baby and a live mother what more do you want brigade?" He never expresses concern about the section rate and didn't answer Matt's question about "does it matter". He never acknowledges that it is too high, just keeps saying "what is it and why?" I don't like that formal casualness about it. Well I have met the eminent Dr (or is it even Mr – MASTER!) Geary once – I had a long chat with him about the section rate and we have exchanged some emails. I wonder was he disapproving of my informal mode of address? :-)
On the one hand I like him and the other hand he is very defensive about section rates and I think is in the “you have a live baby and a live mother what more do you want brigade?” He never expresses concern about the section rate and didn’t answer Matt’s question about “does it matter”. He never acknowledges that it is too high, just keeps saying “what is it and why?” I don’t like that formal casualness about it.

]]> By: ben http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2007/01/31/me-on-the-last-word/comment-page-1/#comment-41018 ben Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:15:33 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2007/01/31/me-on-the-last-word/#comment-41018 I think the phrase "too posh to push" sums it up perfectly. I think the phrase “too posh to push” sums it up perfectly.

]]> By: laura http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2007/01/31/me-on-the-last-word/comment-page-1/#comment-41017 laura Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:03:36 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2007/01/31/me-on-the-last-word/#comment-41017 Is Dr. Michael Geary a personal friend of yours or something? Would it have killed you to address him as Dr. Geary even once? :-) I'm all for not putting doctors on a pedestal, but they are experts in their field and that deserves a small acknowledgement. Even if you know him since childhood! My terribly scientific theory is that more and more women are having caesarian secitons becasue women have become so thin and their body shapes have changed quite a bit. I wonder is their any correlation between lack of hips and the rise in sections! :-) Is Dr. Michael Geary a personal friend of yours or something? Would it have killed you to address him as Dr. Geary even once? :-) I’m all for not putting doctors on a pedestal, but they are experts in their field and that deserves a small acknowledgement. Even if you know him since childhood!

My terribly scientific theory is that more and more women are having caesarian secitons becasue women have become so thin and their body shapes have changed quite a bit. I wonder is their any correlation between lack of hips and the rise in sections! :-)

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