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    Archive for May, 2008

    The Big Hospital that Couldn’t: Stonewalled at UCLA

    Friday, May 30th, 2008

    I asked Henci Goer, birth advocate extraordinaire, award-winning medical writer,  internationally known speaker, and  author of The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth to share her latest advocacy effort with us. For those of you who don’t know Henci her previous book, Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities, is a highly-acclaimed resource for childbirth professionals. [...]

    Posted in Birth Stories, birth advocacy, research | No Comments »

    Mama Ani DiFranco

    Saturday, May 24th, 2008

    I have been immersed in doing a research study of home birth…the reason I have posted so little lately. One of the women I interviewed about her home birth sent me news of Ani DiFranco’s home birth a few weeks ago.   
    A fan asked Ani “Can you tell us why you chose to have a home birth? Would [...]

    Posted in Birth Stories, Birth and the Media, Confident Birth, Home Birth | 2 Comments »