Category Archives: Hospital Birth

Beyonce’s Baby Blunder

An official statement was made today that says Baby Blue is taking over a whole floor, but is in an executive suite, with their own security detail and that she was not born via c-section, scheduled or otherwise. As you’ve … Continue reading

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No Room at the Inn – Christmas Inductions

If you’re listening to any number of people who are due in the next few weeks and trying to get an induction, what you hear a lot of, is “I’m calling to get a bed for induction, but they are … Continue reading

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Activist in Training: Sarah J. (post #2)

When I switched into the Biopsychology of Birth class, I was resistant and uneasy talking about birth.  I didn’t even know my own birth story and I never thought to ask until this class.  I had always thought births were … Continue reading

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Cultural Influences on Childbirth Choices

The other night I was up late watching a rerun of The Golden Girls.  It just so happened to be the episode where Blanche’s daughter Rebecca, who is a single woman pregnant via artificial insemination, goes to Miami to ask … Continue reading

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Activist in Training: Carolyn C. (post #2)

As the end of the semester approaches in my Bio Psych of Birth course, the question “What does normal birth mean to you?” arose.  As I pondered what normal birth meant to me, I couldn’t help but wonder what others … Continue reading

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Activist in Training: Jacquelyn C. (post #2)

Have you ever played the game, Brick Breaker?  The point of the game is to use your pod at the bottom of the screen to catch and bounce a ball back and forth to the top of the screen to … Continue reading

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Activist in trainging: Zakiyah W. (post #2)

Take a look at the rooms…. don’t ask for the stats!! As part of our biopsychology of birth class, we were put into groups and sent out to different hospitals to collect information. Some of the information we received included … Continue reading

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Acitivist in Training: Marisa P. (post #2)

In our society today, it seems that obstetricians keep narrowing their definition of normal. They seem to jump at any opportunity they can to intervene with the normal process of birth. And with the standard use of electronic fetal monitoring … Continue reading

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Activist in Training: Kyle M. (post #2)

The cesarean section, like many modern medical procedures, has an important purpose that when used appropriately can save the life of a mother or that of her baby or both. That being said, there is no medical reason for a … Continue reading

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Activist in Training: Marie R. (post #2)

The Tour Group that Never Spoke                 Almost about two weeks ago today I took part in a tour of the mother/baby and Labor & Delivery rooms at Vassar hospital. As part of the total grade for a Birth class … Continue reading

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