[KS] Follow up on child birth (was gynecologists)

[Henny Savenije]

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I thought the following was of interest to the list as well. The clinic 
(run only by two midwives, no gynecologist) where the birth took place
was 
mainly visited by pregnant women working as a nurse or in the 
health-related sector. All of them (including us) had a strong
threatening 
argument with their mother or mother in law and could only visit the
clinic 
on the day of the birth without knowledge of the mother (in law). After
the 
birth all the mothers (in law) changed their attitude completely after 
having visited the place. The resentment against alternative things is 
obviously very strong

The atmosphere was very tranquil almost esoteric, but also a bit 
traditional Korean.

As I wrote above the pregnant women were mainly nurses. One of them was 
working for a gynecologist and when the labor took too long and the 
midwives wanted to transfer her to the hospital, she declined with the 
words "Over my dead body" (well, in a similar Korean equivalent). The 
midwives gave in, but told her afterwards that that might exactly have 
happened. The equipment they had was sufficient enough, (oxygen and 
everything was available) but they admitted not to have experience with 
that. For those interested the URL is:
http://childbirth.peacenet.or.kr/

So obviously there are things changing, though in the eyes of the
younger 
generation, not fast enough.


Henny (Lee Hae Kang)
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