Analysis on the AWOB

One big thing that I really do not like about the AWOB is the fact that doctors seem selfish. They seem as though they want to rush births just to get them over with so they they go on with their own lives. I do not feel that it is fair that pregnant women have to suffer more excruciating pain just because the doctor wants to "play golf" as in the example from class. Why should pregnant women have to go through the ordeal of several injections into their bodies because doctors want too speed up the birthing process so they can go enjoy their personal time? Multiple injections are also harmful for the baby because they are born intoxicated with all the medicine that the doctor decided to inject into the mother during labor.

I do not like the idea that doctors want to rush the process and induce more pain onto the woman but i do understand why they do it sometimes and women would agree to have the multiple injections. Since there is more technology int he world now, "the labor process has been alienated from the woman." In the AWOB women scream in pain for the doctors to take away that pain and get the "thing"(not even baby) out of their stomach as fast as possible.

As a woman and someone who aspires to be a doctor(not necessarily an OB/GYN), i kind of understand the two different sides of the story. As the woman i would want as little pain as possible and the baby to be born as soon as possible but i would also want the baby to be born healthy but the idea that it will potentially come out in danger because of intoxication it would be a hard choice for me. But from a potential doctor's point of view, if an angry pregnant woman was screaming at me to relieve the pain and get the baby out ASAP i would speed up the labor process the best i can without endangering the mother or child.

Money-wise, the cost of an AWOB is extremely high. Now that concept i really do not understand. I know the doctors, nurses, medications and hospital care cost money but the difference between the AWOB cost and the NWOB cost is a gigantic difference. There is no reason for the medical bill from a hospital birth to be at least $10,000 when compared the the approximate price of $300 for a natural birth.