Wow. What a well-researched and documented article! It must have taken the author quite some time to put it all together. Hats off to her! Thanks sooooo...
Dear Stacey and All, Check out this snippet: *Dr Taman said she has detected early signs of a countermovement that is moving away from C-sections and towards...
Here is also an "expanded" version of the article in the Asian Times: http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=153801&bolum=101 Does...
It sounds like Dr. Erdem is a victim of the idea that the plural of anecdote is data. I think that when the only tool you have is a hammer, all of your...
Well said, Kate! We miss you (even those of us who never got to meet you in person!). Regarding actions that need to be taken... Today I contacted Dr. Odent,...
I recently found out that I'm expecting in June and would like to have a home birth. I would not at all be comfortable in a hospital setting for multiple...
Dear Lorie, Asking Stacey, who is a student doula and childbirth educator in Ankara, is probably a good place to start. You can find her email address through...
The 2 articles you have send was a good summary of what's going on in Turkey; Yes, our cesarean rates are too high, especially in the private hospitals. Yes,...
Thank you Dr. Hakan... your follow up really tied together a lot of what everyone is saying. And I can say that having had two natural births in a private...
greetings, i'm an american with 3 children under 6 years and i am currently a month or so pregnant. we moved to kayseri less than 2 weeks ago. i'm looking for...
Dr Odent's Cesarean book is already being translated and will be on the book shelves soon, by Kuraldisi Yayincilik Op.Dr.Hakan Çoker LCCE(Lamaze Certified...
Dear Kori, Welcome to our group! I'm a French/American midwife living in Bursa. Please read the attached articles. The winds are changing in Turkey, but ...
Hello all -- I'm 33 weeks pregnant, planning (hoping!) to have a natural birth at Bayindir Hospital in Ankara. Our doctor is reasonably supportive of natural...
thanks for the reply, elizabeth. so what happened is that gail helped you have the baby in the hospital? is it illegal to have a homebirth? will there be some...
Sorry for not being clearer, Kori. I had a waterbirth with Gail at home. Our French insurance reimbursed us for nearly all the cost. My Doc was really cool...
Hi there! I recently found out I'm expecting, too (5 weeks, 3 days), so I'd really be interested in hearing about your experiences thus far. I did find this...
Oh no! I forgot to tell yahoo this post was in Turkish. Let me try pasting that Turkish information again: Uluslararası Lamaze Organizasyonunun misyonu...
Okay, I give up. The 6 basics of lamaze, in Turkish, can be found at http://www.dogaldogum.com in the left-hand column, at the bottom of the page, just above...
Yes this is in my web site which is a traslation of the WHO 6 care papewrs for a natural birthing. I will try to write a Turkish birthing preferences paper as...
Also I found a birth plan written by one of my members who participated to one of my courses. She was very satisfied with her birthing experience. Op.Dr.Hakan...
Dear Zahalani (is that your name? you've never signed your mails), Just two words about what you shared with us the other day: *I want to catch my own baby, I...
Sorry, I hit "send" accidentally! Let me finish that thought... 2008/10/14 Famille SOUBELET <soubelet@...> ... I also don't know if the staff would let...
dear zahlani, i think what elizabeth wrote is very true. I had my first baby in Bangladesh a year ago, and Bangladesh is even worse than turkey, i found...
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Thank you for sharing your experience, Andrea; I think it is really special that you got to birth at the same time as so many local women. You must have been...
i had some similar feelings over this mail. a general sense of fighting through the labour against the enemies which would really be a sad scenario....
I thank you for the head up, and I figure catching the baby is something I can ask a nurse to do in the end, especially if I adopt a position that is not at...
... sterility ... ME----> I see what you're saying here. My aim in saying that was to avoid immediate cord clamping--hopefully the doctor I find would be on ...
Your story is beautiful! Thanks for sharing! ... birth in the sense that no intervention would take place unless a lifethreatening emergency would occur, no...