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War Against Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the Natural Childbirth RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!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 [...]
Birth Story Set in the Future
Walker County Messenger, May 11, 2007
Jeannie Babb Taylor: May 2052
This is a lovely article which is basically a look into the future. A present day woman, presumably the author, describes what birthing was like in 2007 to her granddaughter in the year 2052. Her granddaughter is shocked by the unnatural way birthing women are treated [...]
A Beautiful Unassisted Childbirth Story
This personal unassisted childbirth story was found at www.theage.com.au on May 27, 2007. An excerpt:
“For Clare Morrissey, her planned freebirth, at home without any medical assistance, was “absolutely beautiful”. After two hospital births, both with epidurals, and her third at a birthing centre, Mrs Morrissey decided to have a homebirth free of any help [...]
Are Men, Machines, and Hospitals Necessary for a Healthy Childbirth?
The following is an excerpt from American Sexuality Magazine By Marsden Wagner Childbirth is not a medical issue; it is a social issue that may or may not have medical consequences. Childbirth is a very personal, emotional phenomenon, analogous to sexual intercourse. Most people would balk at an expert coming in to tell [...]
Brangelina Gives Birth to Twins
The twins have arrived! Angelina Jolie delivered her 5 lb twins via cesarean in a French hospital, fully conscious with Brad in the room. According to an ABC news article “The 33-year-old actress gave birth to a boy, Knox Leon, and a girl, Vivienne Marcheline, by Caesarean section about 8 p.m. Saturday in Nice [...]
Who Says Childbirth Needs to be Painful?
Source: PRWeb.com
Secrets of having a great birth are uncovered in this newly released book. 48 moms share their stories and wisdom through their own inspirational birth stories.
(PRWEB) — Studies show that nine out of ten first-time mothers are afraid of giving birth and worried about the pain. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Childbirth [...]
Unassisted Childbirth in the News
Freebirthing is making headlines as more and more women are choosing to keep this intimate, personal event, well….intimate and personal. Unassisted Childbirth really stirs up emotions in those that believe we should blindly trust the medical establishment (”yes sir, mr. doctor sir) and let them do whatever they like to us. Perhaps if [...]
Insider’s Response to the AMA
Visit Fearless Birthing to read the full text of a letter written by practicing OB/GYN and member of the ACOG, addressing the AMA and demanding answers regarding the resolution to take steps against homebirth. Not only did the resolution take this OB by surprise, but he is demanding answers (as all of us are) [...]
Sign the Petition to Keep Home Birth Legal
Please take a moment to sign this homebirth petition to show your support of every woman’s right to choose where and how she births her baby. If you have not done so already, you may want to stop by your local video store or Netflix so you can watch The Business of Being Born [...]
How to Make Hospital Births Better
If you have been following the AMA resolution regarding homebirth, you simply must read this well written, eloquent and very useful article written by Navelgazingmidwife. It includes 11 steps that hospitals, labor and delivery nurses and obstetricians can take to keep women from running to homebirth by making the hospital birth experience more human. [...]
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