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Why an Unassisted Childbirth (UC) or Homebirth is the Superior Choice over Hospital Birth for the Vast Majority of Women. A woman in the United States today has three options for giving birth. Hospital Delivery Midwife Home or Birthing Center Delivery Unassisted Childbirth Although all choices can be appropriate depending on the circumstances, the vast [...]
A new study by researchers at Stanford and Santa Clara Medical Center concluded that women who receive antibiotic injections after bad tears or episiotomies have a better outcome with fewer infections. That is unfortunate since many, if not almost all tears are caused by unnatural birth positions, drugs to induce labor and forced pushing. In [...]
Do more women go into labor during a full moon? Would more women spontaneously deliver during a full moon if doctors and midwives did not remove babies early via C-section or labor induction? Many experts will adamantly deny any evidence to suggest a relationship between the moon and our bodies. These experts seem to forget [...]
Overdue pregnancies are physically and mentally challenging. You may have difficulties in sleeping, back pain, and difficulty in breathing, which can easily result in daylong fatigue. If you are having difficulties moving around then it is difficult to play with your other kids and even complete simple, everyday tasks for them. It is no wonder [...]
In spite of all the advertising touting “home-like” birthing rooms in hospitals, for most women, a hospital birth will be nothing like a home birth. Interventions are routine in the hospitals in my state. Every laboring woman will be hooked up for some period of time to an electronic fetal monitor, given vaginal exams, and [...]
by Lena Leino If you are reading this because you have reached – and passed – your estimated delivery date (EDD), and been visiting your doctor who confirmed that your baby could be born “any day now” but that, unfortunately, you are not currently in labor, you are probably interested in natural ways to induce [...]
Off-Label Use of Cytotec: Drawbacks to Popular Labor-Inducing Drug by Christine Climer, RN The rate of labor induction has reached an all-time high in the United States, with estimates climbing as high as 33.7 percent of all pregnancies. Inductions may be performed in cases where continuing a pregnancy presents clear health and safety risks to [...]
by LJ Stewart A baby can develop cerebral palsy for many reasons- there is no one cause. However, the leading cause of cerebral palsy is brain injury. Brain injury in premature babies can be caused two ways: from lack oxygen getting into the because a babies lungs are not fully developed or from an infection [...]