https://www.motherrisingbirth.com/2018/10/fire-your-ob OBs play very influential roles in women’s lives during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. Having the right or wrong person at your birth can make or break your vagina. Literally. Unfortunately, sometimes the doctor or midwife a woman chooses in the first trimester turns out not to be such a great fit as pregnancy progresses. But how shouldContinueContinue reading “15 Signs That It’s Time to Fire Your OB, Now! | Mother Rising”
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A Doula’s Call For A ‘Culture Of Consent’ During Childbirth
http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2018/05/11/doula-culture-of-consent I gave birth seven years ago in a Boston-area hospital where I generally consider the care to be excellent. I arrived near the end of my labor, my cervix almost fully dilated. After an hour of moving freely around my hospital room, my midwife and labor nurse said, “It’s time for you to get intoContinueContinue reading “A Doula’s Call For A ‘Culture Of Consent’ During Childbirth”
Your Biggest C-Section Risk May Be Your Hospital
https://www.consumerreports.org/c-section/your-biggest-c-section-risk-may-be-your-hospital/ Consumer Reports finds that your risk of a cesarean section can be more than nine times higher depending on the hospital you choose. The most common major surgery performed in the U.S isn’t to remove an appendix or replace a knee. It’s to deliver babies by cesarean section, or C-section. Roughly one out ofContinueContinue reading “Your Biggest C-Section Risk May Be Your Hospital”
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