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Are C-Sections More Civilized?
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From an article titled “No love for labor” found at www.DeccanHerald.com
“More and more women are opting for fast-track deliveries through elective C-section. Rising affluence, limited time and desire for pain-free birthing has spurred this unhealthy trend. [...]
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 [...]
Dangers of Elective C-Section
Source: www.PRWeb.com
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (PRWEB) — The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) is eagerly anticipating the results of the upcoming National Institutes of Health (NIH) State-of-the Science Conference: Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request, March 27-29, 2006 and trusts that the NIH will provide much needed guidelines and recommendations for decreasing cesarean surgeries [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Better Birthing Model
It never ceases to amaze me that pregnant women in the United States continue to believe that they have access to the “best birthing and obstetric care in the world”. What rubbish! The amazing part is not that people have been brainwashed since birth to believe that practitioners in the US Healthcare system are [...]
Childbirth Education Expenses Deductible
Here is a nice tax tip from The Mommy Blawg. ABC News recently reported onTax Deductions You Should Know About and this is a useful tip for many of our readers: If you are able to itemize your medical expenses, you can include certain fertility treatments and the fees paid for childbirth [...]
Confidence In Natural Childbirth
Millions of women will take the recommendations regarding homebirth from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists despite the blatant and inherent conflict of interest. It is absurd to take a recommendation from any group that will lose money if you don’t take their recommendation. Here are some other implied recommendations that [...]
VBAC - Fight for Your Rights!
Hospitals around the country are now banning vaginal birth after cesarean delivery.
by James Brann, MD
Are you hoping to experience a vaginal birth after having had a cesarean delivery? You may find your hopes are squelched by modern practitioners.
Hospitals around the country are now banning vaginal birth after cesarean delivery and insisting women undergo repeat cesarean [...]
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 [...]
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