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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Attention Virginia Birth Activists!
Please take action now to stop two bills introduced into the House of the Virginia General Assembly to limit the practice of Certified Professional Midwives. These bills have been introduced by Delegate Matthew Lohr – Harrisonburg.? Calls to the constituent … Continue reading
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CNN Story on Facebook Protest
I was excited when my friend sent me a Facebook (ha!) that said that the nurse-in was covered on CNN’s online homepage today. However, when I watched the video, I was disappointed to see that they had blurred many of … Continue reading
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Breastfeeding Mom Told to Cover Up
Apparently Allegiant airlines didn’t learn anything from other “breastfeeding on a plane” stories. Watch this video to hear about a mom who says she was told to cover up and when she covered up with a napkin, it wasn’t good … Continue reading
Creepy Obstetric and Childbirth Technology Patents
Childbirth technology often seeks to predict the unpredictable and control that which does not always need to be controlled or managed. Unfortunately, the primary motivation for inventing new birth technologies and applications isn?t always to make birth safer?it?s often intended to make birth faster and less expensive for hospitals…
Click over for pictures and descriptions of how people have tried to invent ways to improve birth and parenting.
Midwives Deliver
There was a recent article in the Los Angeles Times called Midwives Deliver written by Jennifer Block, author of “Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care”.? She talks about what is currently wrong with maternity care in … Continue reading
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Choices in Childbirth
There are lots of things that influence women’s decisions on where to give birth. A lot of it has to do with what happens during labor but recently I’ve been talking to a lot of women who made their choice … Continue reading
Orgasmic Birth on 20/20
Last night 20/20 finally aired the segment on Orgasmic Birth. I was really fearful about how it would be protrayed since the topic was “Extreme Parenting.” I felt that they were even handed and neutral, even interested. Christiane Northrup, MD … Continue reading