June 15th, 2011

Molly J. Orman via KellyMom.com

This is just scary to me... I believe women should have the option to make the birth choices that are right for them and their families, but that they should also be educated enough to know what they're choosing!!!!

Pregnant women show an amazing lack of knowledge about childbirth options, study shows

www.latimes.com

Fewer pregnant women and their partners are attending prenatal education classes these days and appear to be quietly following whatever advice the doctor or midwife recommends, researchers said Monday.

15 June at 09:36 · Privacy: ·  ·  · Share

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    Krista M Harris 

    I totally agree, Molly! Like many, I was one of the very uneducated with my first. I figured as long as the doctors know what they are doing, there's no need to learn everything there is to know about childbirth. Of course, I took the st...See more

    15 June at 10:26 · 
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    Molly J. Orman We actually were really blessed to get a good teacher for our hospital childbirth class with Kyra (a local doula taught the classes at Kaiser) but it definitely wasn't enough!

    15 June at 10:35 ·