Thoughts on the safety of Home Birth
Why is homebirth as safe, if not safer, than Hospital Birth for low risk women?
Read MoreBirth Trauma: Thoughts on the Psycho/Social aspects of birth in the US.
Birth is not just about a healthy baby. Birth is also about a healthy Mom, and a positive experience! It’s time to take back our births. It’s beyond time. Let’s talk about trauma and birth in the United States.
Read MorePrematurity is Preventable!
Amy V. Haas, BA, BCCE Last year the March of Dimes launched a multi-billion dollar campaign to promote awareness about premature labor and birth. They were trying to raise funds for research to find the cause and cure. I shook my head when I saw the ads. Practical prevention techniques were not mentioned only medical drug treatments. (1) Then I opened the latest issue of Medscape and noticed the primary focus of the report was prematurity. Prematurity, it seems, is on the rise in this country, in spite of our prosperity, supposed medical superiority and the billions of dollars spent by the...
Read MoreFISH CAN’T SEE WATER: THE NEED TO HUMANIZE BIRTH
Marsden Wagner, MD, MSPH International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 75, supplement s25-37, 2001 INTRODUCTION Humanizing birth means understanding that the woman giving birth is a human being, not a machine and not just a container for making babies. Showing women—half of all people—that they are inferior and inadequate by taking away their power to give birth is a tragedy for all society. On the other hand, respecting the woman as an important and valuable human being and making certain that the woman’s experience while giving birth is fulfilling...
Read MoreWhy Bradley? Debunking the Myths of the Classic Natural Childbirth Class.
Debunking the myths of Bradley natural childbirth class.
Read MoreAn Interview with Dr. Tom Brewer
An interview with Dr. Tom Brewer. Originator of the Brewer Pregnancy diet.
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