If you really want a humanized birth, the best thing you can do is stay the hell out of the hospital.
Marsden WagnerHaving a highly trained obstetrical surgeon attend a normal birth is analogous to having a pediatric surgeon babysit a healthy 2-year-old.
Marsden WagnerIna May Gaskin is the most important person in maternity care in North America, bar none.
Marsden WagnerBeyond the immediate risks to her health and the health of her baby, when a woman chooses c-section, she decreases the chance that she will be able to get pregnant again and increases the chance that if she does get pregnant, the pregnancy will occur outside the uterus, a situation that never results in a live baby and is life-threatening to the woman. Furthermore, the risk of having an unexplained stillbirth doubles when a woman has had a previous c-section.
Marsden Wagner