Customer Reviews:
 A MUST READ! Even if your are skeptical. February 19, 2008
I loved this book! It's filled with great information that all women should consider. Knowledge is such a powerful thing. So many of us just "accept" traditional medical childbirth as the only way to have a safe birth. Few women realize that for normal, healthy pregnancies, a mid-wife assisted birth (even at home) is JUST AS SAFE as being in the hospital. (but, thank goodness we have hospitals and obstetricians for the complicated and high risk births!). We live in a wonderful time when women have CHOICES. But, when it comes to childbirth, many women don't understand the options out there. I wish all women could read this and gain a better perspective on childbirth in this country and how brainwashed the general public has become.
OK...OK.., so I'm a little biased. I chose to have a mid-wife assisted home birth. At first, I didn't know any different, and just assumed that I would give birth in the hospital - with a Dr. and all of the usual drugs and pain meds. But, after doing lots of research and talking to several women, I chose to have my little one in the comfort, privacy (and safety!) of my own home. It was a wonderful! I would do it again in a heart beat. I had a great pregnancy (my first) and my 9 lb. baby girl was born healthy - without a problem - while I maintained my personal dignity in the privacy and comfort of my home with only my husband and my amazing midwives. It's a wonderful thing to view childbirth as a natural body process - and let nature do it's work!
Of course, I am VERY THANKFUL FOR MODERN MEDICINE and would have been at the hospital in no time if there was every a sign of complication during my labor. But, for the healthy, uncomplicated and normal pregnancies, women should look into the facts before they just assume things...
READ THIS BOOK!!!
a must read January 20, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Anyone contemplating having a baby in a hospital in the USA should read this book!
Every woman should read this book September 8, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book should be make available to all women having babies, in all book stores right next to "What to Expect When Your Expecting", and other bools like that. "Born in the U.S.A.", tells the truth about the harm done to women, and their babies in the American medical services system. I refer to health care as medical services, because there is very little healthy caring going on in America. I'm a former RN who belives in doing right by my patients, thats why I'm a former RN. If you read "Born in the U.S.A.", you will get a clear picture of why nurses leave and women are damaged.
Born in the USA September 1, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was excellent, an eye opener, it should be read by every person involved in the care of pregnant women. It was very encouraging to me, as i work in a natural birthing center, and it strengthened my belief in and commitment to midwifery, natural childbirth and out-of-hospital birth. Wagner is very thorough, breaking down the valid (and invalid) research, readable and comprehendable even for those not in the medical/scientific fields. I only wish he went into more detail about the dangers of medications during labor (narcotics, epidurals, etc). Taking birth out of the hospital setting for all healthy pregnant woman will mean no more artificial means of pain relief which i think will be the hardest sell to american women who have been taught to fear labor pain and usually are depending on that quick fix (epidural).
If you are having a baby or know anyone who is this is a MUST READ! August 28, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
America is pretty screwed up with our birth practices, and this just shows exactly how much!! A MUST READ if you are involved with babies and birth at all!!
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