Homework 40- Book Response 3

KW: "Hey - thanks for writing Born In The USA. Your main idea(s) regarding the unnecessary measures that doctors take persuaded me to rethink pregnancy and birth in America"
MW: "Really, which parts were most effective or important for you?"
KW: Well, in the last third of the book you focused on how we as Americans should change how birth is done in this country, which connected to, and further developed the ideas in the first four sixths of the book. But let me be more specific."
MW: "Please do."
KW: "Oh, I will."
MW: "Splendid."
KW: "Earlier in the book, you discussed how there are countries like the Netherlands which have a higher home-birth rate then the United States, while still maintaining lower natal mortality rates (Wagner,145.) Near the end of the book, you write about how that even though doctors advise against it, for low-risk births, planned home births lead to lower amounts of complications; making them the better option. (Wagner, 240.) At the end of the book, you explain how there is a Obstetric monopoly. Women have to realize the wrong-doings of the medical world during birth, such as unnecessary interventions during birth, and act to change these wrong-doings to change the way birth is handled for the better. (Wagner, 249.)"
MW: "But what could I have done to make this a better book - that would more effectively fulfill its mission?"
KW: "Well, let's be clear - your text sought to provide policy analysis from the perspective of a doctor that doesn't agree with his peers for the book-reading-public to better understand pregnancy and birth in our culture. Given that aim, and your book, the best advice I would give for a second edition of the text would be to make sure that the same ideas that are present throughout the book are presented in a variety of ways. You did this to a point during your book, by using personal stories compared to statistics, but it also go redundant. Also the way the book is written, it may seem as if it is attacking women who have gotten C-sections at points. That could turn some people off so the changes that should be made aren't necessarily about the content, but the style. But I don't want you to feel like I'm criticizing. I appreciate the immense amount of labor you dedicated to this important issue and particularly for making me think about home births in relation to hospital births and how rewarding home births can be. Also, it made me think about midwives vs. obstetricians and that even though obstetricians have a medical degree, most of the time what they do is unnecessary. In fact, I'm likely to advise people against the "traditional hospital birth" with a obstetrician as a result of your book." 
MW: "Thanks! Talking to you gives me hope about our future as a society! Because you are so smart, insightful, and handsome."