 Re: Epidurals, should women pay for them???
Its penalising women.
Women always end up suffering in some way because historically their belief in their bodies, themselves and childbirth has been taken away. Yes the culture needs to change and yes some radical measures should be taken but not ones that are so cruel.
Women have enough to deal with in pregnancy and birth without the threat of anything 'being taken away', we need to concentrate on the positives, restore womens faith in their bodies and their trust of childbirth so they actively make informed choices - instead of expecting childbirth to be painless. Culturally attitudes need to change, midwives and women need to work together to claw back the art, science and normality of childbirth as it slowly morphs into the realms of medicalised surgical procedure. Forcing working class/low paid women to suffer in childbirth because they cant afford an epidural is not the answer. |