Posts Tagged ‘Hospital Birth’

• Doctors do it, so it must be OK – opinions about epidurals and other birth interventions

  Date: 2010.08.09 | Category: Rambling | Response: 6

  Isn’t the internet a wonderful place? I would never have had access to as many resources and information about birth as I did, if it wasn’t for the web. I also would have never discovered modern cloth diapers and mei tai baby carriers without the internet. The internet is a great place to find like-minded people, and reading online discussion boards is a wonderful way of gaining insights into the minds of people who disagree with you too. Opinions you would never otherwise even have access to come to you with a click of your mouse. Take medical births, for instance. Read the rest of this entry »

• Virginia Hospital Center baby mix-up

  Date: 2010.07.29 | Category: In the news | Response: 6

  An article appeared in the Washington Post about a woman who had just given birth at the Virginia Hospital Center, and had her baby taken to the nursery – only to find it missing when she went to get it! Understandably panic-stricken, Suzanne Libby searched for her baby everywhere, and eventually located her newborn child in another mother’s room. Hospital staff admitted to being negligent in matching the baby’s ID band to the mother’s, and described this as the reason for the mix-up. Read the rest of this entry »

• Does anyone really control childbirth?

  Date: 2010.07.15 | Category: In the news | Response: 0

  I came across this article, titled “Who controls Childbirth – mom-to-be or doc?” on MSNBC yesterday. It is certainly fascinating, and raises many questions about birth, today’s birthing environment, and what women can do to have the birth with the best possible outcomes for them and their babies. Here is what I think is wrong with the article, and with childbirth in the United States today. Read the rest of this entry »

• Five ways to have a great hospital birth

  Date: 2010.07.10 | Category: Hospital Birth | Response: 3

  Whether you have a medical need to birth in a hospital, or you are choosing to have your baby in a hospital for personal or even insurance reasons, there are things you can do to ensure you will have the birth you want. Here are five ways to have a great hospital birth for natural-minded mamas.

  

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