Critique of AWOB

When comparing the American way of birth to the natural way of birth, there are many differences. In the American way of birth, the woman is lying on her back, hooked up to machines under bright lights with strangers watching and taking picture, is on a schedule, dealing with lots of drugs to speed up the process and other technologies. While the natural way of birth is, the woman is squatting, walking around, sometimes in a tub, in a relaxing place, pain being part of the process so there's no need for drugs and other technologies, the women is able to eat and drink and the entire process is much cheaper than the American way of birth being $10,000. The experience of natural birth has been alienated because women fear the pain. Women come to learn that there is lots of pain involved in child birth and to aviod the pain, Americans turn to drugs and technologies. But not only does this aviod the pain but it aviods the experience of natural child birth. I think that this is one reason that the American way of birth is the way it is. But I also believe that society enforces these things on you, doctor reccommend it in addition to c-sections to speed up the process and the patient does not realize that their experience of natural child birth is alienated because the doctors and nurses have power over the woman because they went to medical school and are expected to be trusted with situations such as these.