the latest articles on the safety of homebirth, and what to explore in weighing this option.
The Listening to Mothers III survey is out. The results are really no surprise to those of us who have been following trends in maternity care in the last decade or more. You can down load the full survey, or you can check out the data briefs for a quicker overview of the statistics about [...]
Comments Off Continue Reading...We look to Consumer Reports for the best T.V., the best phone, the best washing machine. Why not look at this article about how to shop for a better birth? The United States ranks behind 41 other nations, in preventing mothers from dying during childbirth. We have the best technology, yet the outcomes could be [...]
Comments Off Continue Reading...There seems to be a silent code in the world of obstetrics, one that if translated might say something like this: “It doesn’t matter what happens to the mother during labor and birth, as long as the baby is healthy.” I say it does matter. It matters a lot. Every day women are being violated [...]
Comments Off Continue Reading...From the website for Organic Birth: “The perfect film for all who are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant, Organic Birth: Birth is Natural! is a 52-minute film adapted and edited from the 85-minute award-winning documentary Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret. The expanded midwifery section, more concise format, and added chapter navigation, will make this [...]
Comments Off Continue Reading...A must read article. Can we learn from the past? I think so. The Frontier Nursing Service is well worth learning about. Childbirth in the United States today is dominated by obstetrical care, yet outcomes in the United States are worse than thirteen other industrialized nations, according to Howard Steven Friedman, a statistician and health [...]
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Please go to the Childbirth Connection website and download this report, share it, read it. Childbirth Connection remains one of the oldest maternity care advocacy and research organizations in the United States. They continue to take the lead in providing evidence-based solutions to the crisis we face in this country. I respect their work and [...]
Comments Off Continue Reading...Great to know that midwifery is catching on. It’s too bad it takes us so long in the United States to realize best practices. Midwives generally view birth as normal, which is exactly what birth is. Other countries, where this model is utilized more often have much better outcomes for mothers and babies. This article [...]
Comments Off Continue Reading...The following is from the Midwives Alliance of North America: One Voice Open Letter to the Today Show You were probably as outraged as we were to see the NBC’s Today Show on September 11th entitled “The Perils of Home Birth.” It was biased, inaccurate, and sensational, depicting women who choose home births as self-indulgent [...]
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