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Please see additional information for the subtopic “Maternal-Fetal Conflict” at “How an Abortion Amendment Impacts Wanted Pregnancies and Births” for an important discussion on fetal personhood and its effect on the rights of pregnant and birthing people.
Lecture 3: References and Resources
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Really comprehensive and well done session. Having experience many of these things first hand I want to Thank you.
One subject in this lecture that I have mixed feelings about is the idea that the doula is the one responsible for holding space for providers who are triggered in a birth setting. While there is space for healing and doulas can be incredibly beneficial in that scenario, we are again putting the onus on the less powerful (often bullied and abused), often overburdened and possibly underpaid person in the scenario. It seems to reinforce the bias that women (if the doula is a woman or identifies as one) are responsible for managing everyone’s emotions and doing the emotional labor, whether or not they have consented to that. I have very mixed feelings on the subject. Would love to discuss.
Fantastic comment. I posted this in our Facebook group with the reply below and would love to discuss it more!
My thoughts… I would never say doulas are responsible for managing anyone (any more than any of us can manage or control the emotions/triggers of another person). I think things fall into place more when an awareness of provider trauma and “doulaing the room” exist *in service of the client*–not as an additional duty on the doula. I think it’s important to me to look at this as a skill and knowledge that is developed over time, too, and applied as the doula is eager to integrate it as a way of further supporting clients. I guess in sum what I’m trying to say is, this is a tool and not an obligation. And I’m really glad to have the discussion because it’s a GREAT comment. It’s so important to remember where the onus should be, which is not on the people in the room with the least perceived power.
I really wish the trade commission would investigate hospitals with astronomical rates and look at provider specific rates to see who is skewing the data. I personally know of a few Drs that are cut happy and even midwives who “give up” and sent people over to their OB colleagues.
Yes, wouldn’t it be interesting to see that! We know it works to reduce Cesarean rates when the rates are published even internally, within a facility.
Patient gets to make the risk/benefit analysis! Provider preference is not a reason to speed up or schedule births. Unacceptable.
This was so comprehensive. I often forget just how abusive the culture is for those IN the medical system. This was definitely helpful in “humanizing” everyone in the birth room.
Glad to hear this resonated with you. I know it helps me stay out of more of a trauma response and in my body when I can remember that we are all traumatized humans.