Category Archives: Obstetrics

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

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Homebirth Babe

The end of the Biopsychology of Birth experience is near and I have noticed a lot of changes in how I feel about women, their worth, and the control that we have of our lives and our children. Having this experience … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Homebirth Babe

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

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Homebirth Babe

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: Stephanie B.

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Homebirth Babe

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 →

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Why Our Women are Afraid of Birth

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Danielle

Maybe if the television channels like Discovery health followed a dozen home births or even aired The Business of Being Born they could get a popular, and controversial other side to what they are constantly airing. Maybe it will boost their ratings even more, maybe not? But what it will do is give the other side of the whole issue. Let’s get Marsden Wagner to do a half hour special on Birth in The United States and see how many women run off to the midwives. Instead they air these disgustingly inaccurate “Freebirthing” shows. They find the one idiot who is going to make women who choose unassisted birth look like a bunch of uneducated yokels. Which is exactly what they did with their special on Unassisted birth. Continue reading →

Posted in Cesarean Section, Childbirth Education, General, Homebirth, Hospital Birth, Labor and Birth, Midwifery, Natural Childbirth, Obstetricial Interventions, Obstetrics, Pregnancy, Prenatal Care, Unassisted Birth | 7 Comments

Quote of the Day: Make Yourself Look Important and Busy

Posted on November 28, 2009 by Unnecesarean

“A doctor must do something. He cannot remain a spectator merely, where there are many witnesses, and where interest in what is going on is too deep to allow of his inaction.” Walter Channing, 1848 Harvard Medical School professor of … Continue reading →