tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post9193382407857411422..comments2024-03-26T08:06:19.661-04:00Comments on The Road Less Travelled: Article: "Canada's U.S. baby boom"loribethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-85159832244643391962008-05-06T10:15:00.000-04:002008-05-06T10:15:00.000-04:00Really interesting - here in Saskatchewan the stor...Really interesting - here in Saskatchewan the stories are usually about people being transferred to other provinces (usually Alberta) when there aren't beds available, and that raises the same problems (people are away from their family and community support and have to incur daily costs just to live and have somewhere to live.) My two cents is that there should be a greater investment in midwifery and birthing centres or home birth for healthy, low risk preganancies to free up some resources for high-risk pregnancies. I hope any national birthing strategy would try to take this into account.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting this - great to find someone who has their finger on the pulse of the Canadian issues.annacyclopediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461037288546901657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-7741003402005984882008-05-06T08:04:00.000-04:002008-05-06T08:04:00.000-04:00Luna -- I went to journalism school, but wound up ...Luna -- I went to journalism school, but wound up working in corporate communications. I'm still a news junkie, though! ; ) & I always jump on anything I read that's infertility/pregnancy loss-related.loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-49021574654441713472008-05-06T01:49:00.000-04:002008-05-06T01:49:00.000-04:00very interesting. hey, are you a journalist in yo...very interesting. hey, are you a journalist in your spare time? you don't have to answer that. but you sure know your way around the facts.lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455301696832647867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-90856234116843025492008-05-06T01:33:00.000-04:002008-05-06T01:33:00.000-04:00Leave it to the media . . .Sometimes my need to kn...Leave it to the media . . .<BR/><BR/>Sometimes my need to know is greatly offset by the shock I feel knowing.<BR/><BR/>Here in the US it is the litigious nature of our society that is running many OB's out of practice. They can't afford the malpractice premiums.<BR/><BR/>The funny thing is - in the beginning, I wanted/needed all the shiny medical gadgets and protocol. In the end though - I wanted to just be left alone and would have had the baby at home if I could have. Though - I was fortunate on more than one occasion to have access to adequate and immediate prenatal care.<BR/><BR/>Scary is right.JuliaShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668995954240697998noreply@blogger.com