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Category Archives: Hospital Birth
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
Activist in Training: Stephanie B.
In class on Tuesday we had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. B who is an OB/GYN in California. I have to admit that at first I expected her to have the same views of labor and birth as the typical … Continue reading
Activist in Training: Sarah H.
When a woman in America goes into labor these days, they almost always call their mothers, sisters, close friends and the father of their baby and rush to the hospital. Because labor puts a woman in such a vulnerable state, … Continue reading
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Activist in Training: Marie R.
First, let me start out by saying that I have not ever given birth and what I am writing about does not come from personal experience. That being said, I am truly shocked at the amount of information that is … Continue reading
Husbands and Home Birth
“You call her [the midwife] right now. I’ve done a lot of crazy [insert expletive] in my life but I am NOT delivering a baby.” Guest Post by Alyssa Chirco This was my husband’s response when I realized that the … Continue reading
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Fearful Fathers.
On this Father’s Day weekend, in addition to all of the celebrating & thanking we’ll do for the fathers in our lives, we also should take a moment to think critically about the power that some fathers exert over the … Continue reading