Re: natural childbirth...

July 11, 2001

> ...is now trendy. See this month's Tatler (I haven't read the

article yet) for details.

>

> Anneliese and Toddler Tim

Would be very interested to hear Tatler's definition of 'natural'

LOL! Has to be better than the Booked C/s at the Portland

anyway..

Will have a nosy when I'm next in the newsagents - otherwise my

very posh SIL will probably have a copy at some point.

Caroline

July 11, 2001

OK, I've now read it - they were talking about the Hospital of St. &

(in NW8 and costing around £4k for ante and postnatal care,

delivery, obs and midwife support, yoga and a 3 night stay) - not as plushy

as the Portland, but becoming more popular because it is keen on

complementary labour aids (I quote) and Yehudi Gordon, the senior

consultant, favours non-intervention if at all possible. Sadie Frost

compared her birth experience here and in the US and said that though the

birth in the US had superb care it was much more interventionist and (albeit

it was a " problem " birth -quite a few weeks early) she was unhappy with

being drugged and out of control. HOWEVER, she said in the US she was left

in the room by midwives and only chekced intermittently (that's quite

unusual in the US I thought? Far more a UK practice?)

A very uninformative article, apart from the list of pampering treatments

for the pregnant and recommended sonographer, midwife, counsellor, yoga

teacher and homeopath. Still it was an excuse to look at the adverts....

Anneliese the covetous who really fancied a Bill Amberg babycarrier....

Re: " natural " childbirth...