My wife and I take in families every year and teach them natural childbirth. People who are already taking a step outside of the box, and yet when we talk to them about their relationship with their doctors, almost ALL of them just believe what their doctors are telling them, which in general is complete B.S.
We commonly hear, if you go 5 days past your due date we need to induce you because the baby can get too big (no joke, this is common practice). So typically due dates are not accurate of course, and so people go over and they get induced via pitocin.
Pitocin creates very un-natural convulsions in the body for the women, and generates unbearable pain (and they know this). So then women want an epidural to deal with the pain of course. The epidural slows down the delivery process, and when women are checked into a hospital they are put on a 24 hour clock. So when they don't progress, which usually happens, the give them (and this is the actual medical term) failure to progress, and they are given cesarean section.
Meanwhile the hospital and doctors make a good deal of money off all of these unnecessary interventions. They are completely aware of what they are doing.
We educate our students about the process and how to avoid these interventions so that they don't have to drug themselves or their babies and have a SAFE natural birth. It's less painful and has quicker recovery time.
My point here is that these people are already trying to step out of the box, so they are somewhat already thinking for themselves, but they STILL just go along with doctors. Why, because doctors are seen as authorities, and Americans are taught not to question authority.
I'm sorry to hear about your uncle, but although your cheery news that I'm sure was filled with good intentions, you know nothing about my lifestyle. The self is more complicated than just a physical body, and I address all of it's needs including spiritual, which includes regular meditation.
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