I’ve been reading about using the Red/Purple Line as a means of assessing how dilated a birthing woman is, discarding any reasons for interrupting her labor with unnecessary vaginal exams. Leave moms alone! This is a good article: http://www.scienceandsensibility.org/?p=5547 And below is a post from Helping mothers give birth joyfully without fear A doula in […]
Doctor Uses Midwifery Model of Care
It just makes sense! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nzMssamopLk ~ J ~
Cesarean, The Most Common Form of Surgery in the US
A post from the past–and still relevant today. Time for a change, what do you think? http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-01-20-c-sections_N.htm Let’s just say that cesareans bring in a whole lot of money for U.S. hospitals! ~J~
Obstetric Lie #100- Failure To Progress
Well said! Failure to progress. Oft named as a reason for cesarean. Oft mentioned to the supine mom in the hospital as she is encouraged to get her epidural and “relax”. By the naysayers in the natural birth community, it is often renamed, Failure to be Patient or just, “Doc must leave to make […]
“Why wouldn’t you hire a doula?”
“It can also be comforting to both the father and mother to know that they have an ally, someone who helps birthing families often, a woman who can help them get more of the kind of birth they are hoping for…. ….Frequently, couples state that they were much more satisfied with the births in which […]
Birth Is No Reason to Go to Hospital, Review Suggests ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012)
"…the U.S. is consistently ineligible for placing within the top twenty countries. There are many countries in which it is safer to give birth to babies than here in the United States. (Population Reference Bureau 1996) Could the failure that United States obstetrics is experiencing actually (and ironically) have to do with the technology […]
