Choices In Childbirth

By the time we get to second stage of labor (aka pushing) in the Childbirth Ed class I teach I have already stressed how important it is to move around in labor, listening to your body. When we get to second stage I get another opportunity to talk about how important changing positions, using gravity, [...]

One of my favorite down-time things to do is peruse my ever-growing list of birth blogs.  Today I can across this great post on Pitocin by Christine Fischer,  a traditional Midwife who blogs at Midwifery Ramblings.
The more I am around birth the more I have opportunity to see that these interventions we have can be [...]

Yesterday, both the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times ramped it up with pieces on issues greatly affecting the health of mothers and babies.
The Trib ran a great piece on the whole issue of VBAC and how it’s actually not as risky as it’s often presented to be and how it should be readily [...]

Tomorrow the AMA (American Medical Association) is voting on a resolution at their annual meeting that would create new insurance billing codes. These codes would allow care providers to categorize any disagreement or exercise of autonomy on the part of the patient as “non-compliance,” “abuse” or “hostility,” effectively creating a pathway for insurance companies to [...]