tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484517729132254687.post3467233670187761700..comments2011-01-12T08:13:06.707-05:00Comments on The Borrelli Household: Deep thoughts from AmyAmy Maehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15882348193866177792noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484517729132254687.post-26735189501558581162009-02-23T13:19:00.000-05:002009-02-23T13:19:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I too have been ...Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I too have been following her blog since before Birdie was born and I am not sure if I should comment for some of the same reasons. I don't want my own views to be taken as discounting her own experience at all, as much as I am making different choices than she is.Rixahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908864785513937876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484517729132254687.post-26683714956755837712009-02-23T10:12:00.000-05:002009-02-23T10:12:00.000-05:00Thank you Ruth! The sad part is that our mortalit...Thank you Ruth! The sad part is that our mortality rates suck when compared to other nations, but that is a whole different ranting and raving post! I love Henci Goer - I can't wait for her new book.Amy Maehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15882348193866177792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484517729132254687.post-37351606866852320062009-02-23T09:40:00.000-05:002009-02-23T09:40:00.000-05:00babies do die--everywhere. It's horrible, tragic, ...babies do die--everywhere. It's horrible, tragic, and it's part of life. In hospital, and at home. Sometimes due to negligence, sometimes for no findable reason at all. So do mothers. I am so grateful that maternal and infant mortality are so low these days. But we still aren't fool-proof or God (and we are higher than some nations with more individualized care!)<BR/><BR/>This quote is important to take into consideration when researching: Henci Goer (author of Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth) is writing a new book, and says: you are equally likely to lose the mother to elective repeat cesarean as you are to lose the baby to uterine scar rupture. Here are the supporting statistics: Perinatal mortality rates from uterine scar rupture range from 1 to 13 per 10,000 (Blanchette 2001; Guise 2003; Kwee 2007; Landon 2004; McMahon 1996) while maternal mortality rates during truly elective cesarean, that is, scheduled cesarean in a woman eligible for VBAC, are 3 per 10,000 (Spong 2007)<BR/>--RuthRuth Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09846960484781783930noreply@blogger.com