This is what pisses me off about Americans and privilege

Imagine being so privileged

Imagine having access to healthcare for free. Access to strong pain medication. you don’t have to pay before going you just go and deliver a baby for free. until you get the bill, and technically you really don’t even have to pay it.

the only repercussion of not paying your bill is it affecting your credit. And actually you can pay as little as $10 a month to collections for it not to affect your credit if you call billing and work something out

And then stupid ass Americans go and do stupid shit like go have their baby in a pool of water at home because it’s “natural” aka now The next trend of what people are doing and posting on social media for something to talk about.

A nurse and I were discussing this at work and we were talking about how stupid and ignorant this is . Because imagine if the mother or the baby have some sort of an issue and they’re not at the hospital to immediately address it and they die 🤷‍♂️

I had a natural birth at home
So I can post some cute pictures and an inspirational post for Instagram

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SW-User

yes I think you at least need an medical professional there just in case anything goes wrong espically with the first born. Theres some things you shouldnt attempt without an proffesional on hand

Zeuro · 26-30, F

@SW-User home births have midwives for this reason

DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F

@Zeuro but they don’t have an operating room or surgery table if something goes wrong

Zeuro · 26-30, F

@DeluxedEdition in which case she can be taken to the nearest hospital. A mile’s drive isn’t that far and an ambulance can be called if absolutely necessary

DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F

@Zeuro that’s the problem these things happen instantly. You can bleed out within seconds and minutes that you don’t have to be traveling to another destination. Sometimes you shouldn’t even be moving the mother or the baby. That’s the problem with this delivery method. It’s extremely dangerous and backwards

That’s why its ideal to deliver in a hospital so if god forbid something goes wrong you are right in the OR ready to be operated on

DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F

@Zeuro not everyone has the privilege to live a mile from the hospital, when I lived in Georgia the nearest hospital was 30 minutes away

Zeuro · 26-30, F

@DeluxedEdition then that is a reason to consider a hospital birth. Not everyone is a good candidate for a home birth however if the circumstances allow it it can be a much better experience

JimboSaturn · 56-60, M

@DeluxedEdition Same here.