when I was born

[wagoneer]

It was in my mothers and fathers bed, with a midwife neighbor. Having a baby was not considered to be a medical issue just a natural event, so why go to a hospital if your not sick. It has all been twisted around these days making people afraid to do anything normal.

 

[BradKW]

hmm, well, considering that infant mortality rates have fallen from around 50 per 1000 in 1950, to around 5/1000 today, not sure it's all that twisted for the thousands of infants that get to live due to advanced and/or timely medical care...

 

[djkeev]

Not to mention Women dying during Childbirth.........

Dave

 

[GotSmart]

Then there was Thalidomide.  

Life expectancy has doubled since 1850 when you were born.     (Risen 10 years since 1950) 

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005140.html

 

[ColdBrook]

hmm, well, considering that infant mortality rates have fallen from around 50 per 1000 in 1950, to around 5/1000 today, not sure it's all that twisted for the thousands of infants that get to live due to advanced and/or timely medical care...

Both my mother and I would not have survived my birth if not for the hospital setting and the medical teams that worked hard to save us both. 
My son was saved during birth by a doctor, since the nurses were unsuccessful at helping me I suspect if I had had a home birth my son would have been born dead.
And I definitely would not have my two oldest granddaugthers if not for a hospital setting.  Both my dil and their oldest would have died, thus the younger granddaughter could not have existed.
Even though I believe many births can happen wonderfully at home, the ones that wouldn't have been successful would have been terrible losses.

 

[TrainChaser]

Just because many people can do it at home with no after affects doesn't mean everyone can. Just plain LUCK can have a lot to do with it.

 

[GotSmart]

I tell my grandkids that I'm so old we didn't even have dinosaurs yet when I was a kid.    They get a real kick out of that.

 

[djkeev]

We could carry this same logic to riding bicycles without helmets in the 1950's/60's ..... also to riding skate boards with no protective gear, etc.
I did it! I'm alive! I never suffered an injury!
Obvious Conclusion? None of this modern protective crap is needed today.

Ever seen photos of football players from the 1920's & 30's? A leather skull cap is about the jist of body armour worn.
But hey! My Dad lived through that time wearing what little was offered, he was fine..... so who needs all of these modern fancy helmets and pads?

Procedures change because of collective real life experiences of the whole, not the individual experience of one person.

Dave

 

[DannyB1954]

Did they use a stick or bullet for anesthesia?
I suppose the lead in the bullet would not be recommended today.

 

[sushidog]

Did they use a stick or bullet for anesthesia?
I suppose the lead in the bullet would not be recommended today.

What anesthesia?

When I was a kid I had bad baby teeth, and when my adult teeth came out they were very prone to cavities too. I had a Greek dentist who didn't believe in using novicane - he just drilled away. Every now and then when you couldn't take the pain anymore you would "tap out" on the arm of the chair and he would squirt some water in your mouth and drill some more.

Ah, the good ole days!

I do miss the freedom though. Soon they will outlaw all risky behavior. I'm quite surprised they still allow contact sports in school.

Chip

 

[djkeev]

Oh! Don't get me started on today's "Organized Sports" and what it has done to problem solving, organization skills and initiative in todays American Child!

They are Baby sat by so called "grownups" 24/7/365.

Dave

 

[ArtW]

Participation trophys
people who need 'safe spaces' because others disagree with them
two things that didn't exist a few years back

 

[Every Road Leads Home]

hmm, well, considering that infant mortality rates have fallen from around 50 per 1000 in 1950, to around 5/1000 today, not sure it's all that twisted for the thousands of infants that get to live due to advanced and/or timely medical care...

You beat me too it.  My thoughts exactly.  I never got to meet my grandmother ( my mom's mother) because she died during childbirth in 1964, granted she was at a hospital.  My best friend's wife had to have emergency C section during childbirth so had she not been in a hospital things would have ended a lot differently.

 

[ccbreder]

When I was born, 100,000's of people were being vaporized.

 

[poncho62]

I'm 64, my sisters and I were all born at home. My kids were born in the hospital with a doctor. My 2 youngest grandkids were born in the hospital with a midwife. My daughter was thinking about having them at home but didnt as there were a few minor complications that were possible.......Seems to me with todays monitoring and advanced medical science, lots of choices are possible

 

[steamjam1]

When I was born, "Tricky Dick" was in China...

 

[steamjam1]

Its kind of a decades long running joke in my family... For me its about Tricky dick.. For my brother its:

"When You were born Ford was falling off Air Force One"

For my sister its:

"When you were born Carter was being chased by Rabbits"

 

[Gary68]

when i was born there was a pack of winstons on the table and my mom and doctor are puffing away,i have the pic somewhere

 

[VanGrrl57]

My dad was in the Air Force and my mom was in the Civil Service when I was born in 1957. Dad was stationed at Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, FL. 

VanGrrl57

 

[Milk Hauler]

"Never born, never died, only visited the other side" 😎

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