tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post3173776512947058706..comments2023-12-08T15:28:52.998+10:30Comments on taurus rising: its all about autonomyKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05004659288503834211noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-75296339787038369652009-05-01T19:51:00.000+09:302009-05-01T19:51:00.000+09:30rixa- i know you know you know! lol but it certain...rixa- i know you know you know! lol but it certainly is.<br /><br />jen- thnaks for the thumbs up mate- its so difficult to do it sometimes, so much easier just to smile and laugh along but as they say 'bad things happen coz good people do nothing' Yes, choice is so impt, part of our underpinnings of democracy...just not womens bodies and birth apparently (nor wine!)<br /><br />em- its exactly Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004659288503834211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-88659003672350778882009-05-01T16:26:00.000+09:302009-05-01T16:26:00.000+09:30your last sentence resounds so strongly with me Ke...your last sentence resounds so strongly with me Kel - do you think that it's b/c they are men that they don't get that bit? Or is it something else.<br /><br />I love reading about you following your ethics into battle, thankyou.Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512540414202977424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-78535157423450966042009-05-01T11:40:00.000+09:302009-05-01T11:40:00.000+09:30Thank you Kel, for sharing your convictions, and e...Thank you Kel, for sharing your convictions, and educating a few static and conservative doctors...<br /><br />Its so good to hear that there are still women in the world prepared to argue for their beliefs in a social setting where one is expected to 'be nice' (ie: complicit)<br /><br />And you are so right... its about choice...Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03185473644935795616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-18550710719827583102009-05-01T07:45:00.000+09:302009-05-01T07:45:00.000+09:30"What was really interesting for me was that the d..."What was really interesting for me was that the deeper languages of love, privacy, intimacy and respect for the process of natural birth and motherhood had no place at the table."<br /><br />Wow, so true. I'm not dismissing the whole safety angle, but there is so much more than just perinatal/neonatal/maternal mortality at issue here.Rixahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908864785513937876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-4536092984364308852009-04-30T21:50:00.000+09:302009-04-30T21:50:00.000+09:30julie- yup its all a part of modern disfunction as...julie- yup its all a part of modern disfunction as i see it too. Public health is impt as are restrictions and impositions for public good, but working with evidence should always inform these decisions!!!!<br /><br />kate- I made an identical comment on the night and it was excatly that what opened up the whole debate. why we make women leave home when every part of our bodies says just stay putKellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004659288503834211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-91087632198209427932009-04-30T13:44:00.000+09:302009-04-30T13:44:00.000+09:30I'm so glad you were there.
I'll never get my hea...I'm so glad you were there.<br /><br />I'll never get my head around the idea that as labour gets more and more intense you're supposed to get in a car, and I did it (brith centres: the homebirth you have to drive to). My whole body was screaming to stay put though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-30924939104819216032009-04-30T13:32:00.000+09:302009-04-30T13:32:00.000+09:30Well said. I see the homebirthing issue as an inte...Well said. I see the homebirthing issue as an integral part of the way the western society as a whole is going down the shitter, so to speak. For too long (I feel) we've been dictated to to all manner of 'experts' about how we (not just women, mind) *should* think, feel, act, buy... and look at the way it's all turning out. <br /><br />I see the rise in homebirthing linked with Minni Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com