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    Archive for January, 2009

    Getting us on our feet

    Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

    I never got the full details of why my mother spent two weeks on her back in the hospital after she birthed me, her third baby. I do know that 29 years later I was encouraged to stay on my back during the marathon labor of my first birth in a then-state-of-the-art California in-hospital birth [...]

    Posted in Technology, Uncategorized, postpartum issues, postpartum mood disorders | 2 Comments »

    Elective C-section loaded with risk

    Thursday, January 8th, 2009

    Wall Street Journal writer Keith Winstein announced the New England Journal of Medicine findings that early C-sections carry some mighty risks to the newborn, “even when the baby has technically reached full term” according to a large, new study. What has grown into a widely popular practice (with obstetricians claiming that many mothers request surgical [...]

    Posted in Birth and the Media, Cesarean Birth, informed decision making, research | 7 Comments »

    The power of instinct

    Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

    NY Times writer Sandeep Jauhar’s recent piece in the New York Times is chocked with some great observations. He’s a cardiologist, but his wisdom is sorely needed in the hospital birth setting.
    Perhaps most telling is this: “…diagnostic intuition is becoming rare in the current era of technological medicine.” The electronic fetal monitor that gets unquestioningly [...]

    Posted in Confident Birth, Technology, Uncategorized, birth advocacy | 2 Comments »