I read that interview, and I found it disturbing because she sets up a false either/or situation: either take drugs or suffer horrible pain. She does not mention that there are ways to alleviate pain that do not involve drugs. And many of the unnecessary interventions in hospitals can be painful: requiring a mother to stay in a bed, cutting an episiotomy, requiring an IV among others. I have had both a C-section and a drug-free birth and my drug free birth was more comfortable for me. I had an epidural for my C-section and the big needle hurt like an SOB. There are more shades of gray than than are mentioned in that article.
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