Laura Shanley just traveled over to the UK to appear on a daytime talk show about UC Birth.
Here is her blog entry detailing her adventures.
“At last it was time for our segment! The three of us were led onto the stage where we met Richard and Judy just seconds before they said “action!” or “we’re on!” or whatever it is they say when the cameras start rolling. I actually wasn’t nervous but for some reason I don’t remember much of what happened once we went on the air. Later that night I remembered that when I said to Richard, “The same consciousness that knows how to grow an egg and a sperm (can I say sperm?!) into a human being, knows how to complete the process” he said, “That’s ridiculous.” Overall the man was not receptive to our ideas!
But Julia and Natalie were brilliant (which is a word people use a lot over there but in this case it’s true)! They talked about how empowering their births were, and the problems they endured in their previous midwife-assisted births. I managed to get in a few words about the dangers of hospital birth, as I was essentially put on the defensive. I barely got to talk about unassisted childbirth, although I believe I may have mentioned my breech birth.
And then before we knew it, it was over and we returned to the green room for wine and h’orderves. There was one sobering moment when I said to Julia that I would have liked to have told Richard that 2-6% of babies are cut into during C-sections (I rarely bring up hospital birth statistics during interviews but Richard was so ademant in his belief in the safety of hospital birth). At that point, Julia pointed to a scar running down her cheek and said, “How do you think I got this? The doctor who did my mother’s C-section was drunk and cut right into my face.” I only wish I would have had this information PRIOR to going on the air!
I’m looking forward to watching a tape of the show (one is supposedly on the way). I’ve heard from two friends, Patrick Houser and Veronika Robinson (who just happened to catch the show!) that all of us were “brilliant”! Veronika also wrote about it in her blog.”
Thanks for sharing Laura!
Jenny Hatch