RE: What We are Not Being Told! The Effects OF Medical Intervention During Birth- Pitocin Is Now Linked to Postpartum Depression!
WOW! That is unbelievable. Well, not really - just shocking I suppose! I've been thinking a lot about hospital births recently, but more about the microbial environment that the baby is first introduced to. A newborn receives its first dose of microbes from its mother's birth canal, and anything in the local environment upon delivery. Birthing in sterile environments reduces the chance of any environmental probiotics from inoculating the child. Interesting to think about what kind of impact this could have on us.. there is a species of rabbit that the newborns -must- eat their mother's feces in order to get the right microbes in their system, otherwise they will absolutely die. So strange how much we rely on these unseen beings. Anyway... I hope this new research will help move our society away from using pitocin! It probably won't any time soon, but hopefully more research will arise and persuade doctors otherwise.
I know that is the thing, it is just not surprising. I am all for women's choice when it comes to birth, but I am also a huge advocate for natural home births. As you so rightly said babies really are missing out when born in hospitals, and so many that are born via C.Section, so many parents have no idea that the baby picks up necessary microbes in the birth canal or even think about the effect all the interventions have on their baby, they just accept and assume that the medical team know best. Thank you for your wonderful feedback and I am so happy to hear that you are aware of the importance of place of birth for the overall well being of the newborn, it goes so much deeper than microbes as well. I hope you are well my friend xxx