I don’t know if you’ve seen Cassidy
quoted, and even if it was taken out of context, you will not hear her words
come from my mouth – if a mom wants to push for 12 hours and she and baby
are ok, then good for that momma. It’s her journey – no one
else’s. I’m a bit turned off that she is included in the
BIRTH audio documentary. I guess I need to hear it and what she has to say,
but the clips I’ve seen her quoted have been anything but empowering for
women, including this doozy, perpetuating the myth that small women cannot
birth healthy normal weight (8# is quite normal) babies:
The best I've heard yet was from a woman who pushed for 12 hours,"
she says.
It was a home birth, in which the expectant mother was hoping for a
vaginal birth after cesarean.
"Twelve hours, no epidural, nothing," Cassidy recalls.
"She was a tiny person -- under 5 feet tall, with a pre-pregnancy weight
of 88 pounds -- and she had an 8 pound baby."
Cassidy shakes her head in disbelief. "She's telling me and I'm
thinking, 'Why would you do that to yourself? It's just not going to work for
you. It's OK, you're tiny.'"
I would never recommend her book if quotes
like this are in it. Now Born in the USA – I’m trying
to get all the local doulas to make it required reading of their doula clients.
Especially since they are serving the moms choosing hospital brith. If
someone has read her book and there are no disempowering words of wisdom from
Cassidy in it like the above, please let me know. I’m so turned off
from her and her book right now.
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