Increasing Prematurity Awareness
MyBirthTeam intends to join the March of Dimes Prematurity Awareness campaign by helping to educate women of their choices and matching them with providers who meet those needs.
The March of Dimes has recently completed a report on the prematurity rate across the US.
The United States scored a “D” in that report. In a country as great as ours, how is this possible? The report states that an increase of elective inductions and Cesarean sections are largely to blame.
My first question is: why are elective inductions and Cesarean Sections being done anyway? Why would that ever be allowed where it is not medically indicated? Why would insurance companies pay for that? They won’t even pay for a blood test without a medical reason for it.
My second question is: Why do we as consumers allow our babies to be at risk? Why haven’t we done our homework? We plan more for our baby showers than the birth of our baby.
Though I don’t have the answer to my first question, I do know the reason for my second and it is a four-letter word. FEAR.
We don’t trust that our bodies work. We don’t believe that we are smart enough to question our providers or demand different options.
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