Bump Blog Article

wintersong139

Anyone read the Bump Blog article "Why You Should Get An Epidural?"
Thoughts?

My thought was, "What was the purpose of this article?" The only reason it gave for getting an epidural is that birthing hurts, and you don't get a prize for going med free. ?? As if this is new information?



Why can't we just champion a woman's ability to make an informed, reasoned choice about birth that is best for her family and situation by educating and supporting women??

lavendergiraffes

I did not see it but it's probably because according to the general public we women are weak creatures that need pain meds! I have so many people tell me, 'I loved my epidural, you should just get one.' I want to tell them good for you but it's not about me and whether or not I 'love it'. It's about my baby and what is best for her....

rooftop

wow... how close-minded! The only thing that article tells me is the author is insecure with her choice when she compares it to women who went natural. It says nothing scientifically based and doesn't take into consideration the MANY reasons for natural birth or interventions. That's fine that she chose to have an epidural but to make a generalization that women go without only for bragging rights is inaccurate and offensive.

mb314

I saw that same "Blog" on Yahoo.  I think there are times when an epidural is useful for certain women - like if you're in your 30th hour of labor, and an epidural MAY help you relax or rest so that you can move the labor forward.  However, there was no medically-based discussion of when an epidural could be helpful.  The article is very annoying - but I often find "blogs" where people think that just because they have a thought in their head that they should publish it, to be misinformed and a waste of time.

ElTrain5

Don't get me started on the total lack of factual substance in those blog articles. I swear they probably have a meeting to determine which title will generate more website traffic and then some random person writes them up while sitting on the toilet. Total BS.

They had one about a study on Tylenol where the title on the main page was something like "Tylenol Puts babies at risk!" And the actual title of the article was "does Tylenol put babies at risk? No. But here's why you might want to be concerned..."

Just irresponsible. But who cares as long as people keeping clicking on the ads right?

2junebabies

I'm obviously very late to this discussion, but this article is a bunch of crap. She acts as if doctors are demigods who know everything ("don't argue with an induction...accept whatever they want to give you for pain relief"). The reality that she fails to address is that the medical model of pregnancy care and childbirth treats every woman the same, instead of looking at individual circumstances. You are a statistic, and they just want to do what is routine and normal in their eyes. I'm not trying to generalize too much, because there are some wonderful obstetricians out there, but it angers me that this author would just tell a woman to do whatever her doctor says without advocating for herself and being informed. She doesn't even mention any of the numerous potential drawbacks to epidurals. They may have a time and a place, but telling everyone to "just get one" is ridiculous.