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According to an article in the Waterford Observer, a midwife was found guilty of misconduct after she pulled so hard on a mother’s umbilical cord that the mother “screamed in agony and feared she would die”. Click here to read the full article Sheryl’s comments: And people think unassisted birth is uncivilized??? This is a [...]
Childbirth is a life changing event which can be both exhilarating and draining, the greatest experience of one’s life or the worst. Childbirth carries tremendous dogma, old wives tales, traditions, and controversy. Adults have their own rhyme and reason for birth choices. Doctors and midwives make choices for convenience, scheduling, to avoid lawsuits or for [...]
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 giving organ that allowed their baby to survive nine months. Modern, detached women may view the placenta with disgust and revulsion, but it [...]
This is a video from mamarama who has a number of informative videos on childbirth available at YouTube. They are all worth checking out. This particular video addresses two popular childbirth interventions (episiotomy and cesarean) and the widespread myth that they somehow preserve a tight vagina for future sex purposes. Ugh. Mamarama does a lovely [...]
Why Unassisted Childbirth and Direct Entry Midwife Assisted Homebirth is the way of the future. by Sheryl Lyon Someday anthropologists are going to look back on this period of history with shock and horror. They are going to study how not only the medical community routinely invaded childbirth for convenience and profit but also performed [...]
Author: Anne Childs When it comes to childbirth, most women are able to make it to the emergency room or their prearranged birthing centers; however not all are. While there is a good chance that you will make it to your intended destination before your baby arrives, what would you do if you couldn’t make [...]
Author: Nicky Pilkington Once upon a time, women’s only childbirth option was to give birth at home. As medicine evolved, doctors’ offices and hospitals became the norm for labor and delivery which created an entire industry but not necessarily to the benefit of women and children. Rural communities remained isolated from modern facilities and midwives [...]
According to The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health estabilished in 2005, every year 10.6 million children under the age of five die of causes that are mostly preventable and manageable. Half a million women also die during pregnancy or birth, and another 10 million suffer from related complications Click here to read the [...]
