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The Magical, Magnificent Placenta
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the Natural Childbirth – A Much Better Way RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! In a world where women deliver their babies under the influence of drugs, flat on their backs and being either screamed at or sliced into, most women never see the beautiful, life [...]
Video: Another Cesarean Section
Today is the last day of April and the last day of cesarean awareness month. Yes, cesareans are valuable in a very small number of instances such as placenta previa but those cases account for somewhere in the neighborhood of 1-5% of births. Most cesareans are simply lining the wallets of obstetricians while allowing them [...]
Video: Cesarean Section Part2
Think you can avoid a forceps delivery by opting for a cesarean section? Think again. Babies do not slide out any easier when pulled from your abdomen than when they are naturally expelled through your vagina. If you watch enough cesarean videos, you will see doctor after doctor pulling babies out by their heads, using [...]
How to Prepare for an Unplanned Cesarean
Most women wish to avoid a cesarean despite popular opinion that women are opting for surgery vs. vaginal birth. The unfortunate reality is, however, that if you choose to give birth in a hospital, you are going to subject yourself to arbitrary labor timelines and harmful interventions and monitoring that will increase your chances of [...]
Video: Cesarean Section Part 1
April is cesarean awareness month so to do my part I decided to only post cesarean section videos for the rest of the month rather than the feel good, warm and fuzzy home birth videos. Many women in America and around the world are currently under the impression that cesarean sections are somehow cleaner, neater, [...]
Birthrape
Until yesterday, I had never heard the term Birthrape although I knew all too well what it was. I ran across a homebirth study being done by a “PhD candidate in American Studies at the University of Iowa, investigating current home birth cultures, with a strong focus on unassisted birth”. One of the sections of [...]
Parenting, Postnatal and Postpartum Tips
by Julian Hall Shortly after your baby is born, you may be somewhat focused on what you experienced during labor and delivery and less on your baby. This is perfectly normal. It was a monumental event in your life, and there is a transition period. Don’t be afraid to share your feelings with others or [...]
Natural Childbirth in the News 12/2/2008
Live Unassisted Childbirth Make sure to check out http://blog.amuchbetterway.com to see my own personal unassisted childbirth unfold. As of right now, I am 41 weeks and 2 days pregnant. I plan on blogging or twittering most of the labor and I will possibly broadcast the actual delivery on live webcam depending on how it goes [...]
Homebirth in the News
Generally speaking, when homebirth is covered in the media, it is usually with a condescending attitude or outright horror at the “risks” that women take for a homebirth. As many of us now know, that is nonsense and it appears that the trend of homebirth for well screened, low risk women is on the rise. [...]
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