Business of Being Born article by Ricki Lake…click to read…
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Business of Being Born article
Posted in Birth, childbirth, Media, Natural childbirth, Resources on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Truth About Epidurals
Posted in c-section, childbirth, Hospital births on January 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2012/01/the_truth_about_epidurals.html Great article on epidurals. Click to read…
Hero Midwives Saving Moms And Babies In World’s Poorest Countries
Posted in Birth, childbirth, Midwives on October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Durban, South Africa- Many Americans think of midwifery as being a movement from centuries past: old stodgy women going to log cabins and delivering babies. But for millions of women around the world today, a midwife is the only contact she and her new baby may have with any kind of professional care. Simply put, [...]
Childbirth: A Drug Shortens Labor but Does Little Else
Posted in Birth, c-section, cesarean, childbirth on July 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/health/research/26childbirth.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=childbirth&st=cse The drug Pitocin is a safe and effective way to speed childbirth, a new review of studies has found, but it does not reduce the number of Caesarean sections or forceps deliveries. (click to read on NYTimes.com)
myobsaidwhat.com
Posted in Birth, childbirth, Pregnancy on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wow. MUST READ!
Women Speak Out About What’s Gone Wrong with the United States Birthing System
Posted in Birth, c-section, childbirth on November 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Women die in childbirth as a result of systemic failures including: barriers to accessing care, inadequate, neglectful or discriminatory care, and overuse of risky interventions like inducing labor and delivering via cesarean section.” — Amnesty International (click to read article on Huffington Post)
Direct-Entry Midwives: Still Illegal in Illinois
Posted in childbirth, Homebirth, Labor, Midwives, Natural childbirth, Uncategorized on September 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After three “really traumatic” hospital births, Alyssa Ruben was determined to have her fourth child at home. She hired a midwife, and eight months later, Ms. Ruben delivered a healthy baby girl at her home in Geneva. “It was amazing,” she said. It also was illegal. (click to read NYT story)
New Guidelines Seek to Reduce Repeat Caesareans
Posted in c-section, cesarean, childbirth on July 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Most women who have had Caesarean sections can safely give birth the normal way later, studies have shown, but in recent years hospitals, doctors and insurers have been refusing to let them even try, insisting on repeat Caesareans instead. (click to read article on NYT)
Recommendations Relax on Liquid Intake during Labor…(about time!)
Posted in childbirth, Helpful Information, Labor on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For Release: August 21, 2009 * Recommendations Relax on Liquid Intake during Labor * *Washington, DC* — Women in labor may be allowed to quench their thirst with more than just the standard allowance of ice chips, according to a new Committee Opinion released today from The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and [...]
For some women, no place like home for childbirth…
Posted in Birth, childbirth, Homebirth, Natural childbirth, tagged childbirth, Homebirth on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Although the delivery of her first son, Nicholas, went as planned, Mara Vaughan began thinking a change of venue for her second child’s birth might be in order. In labor with Nicholas at a hospital, “I felt like I was so limited in how much I could move around, what positions I could be in. [...]