Midwifery: June 2006 Archives

Catching Babies in Malawi

Here is her blog about this.

Homebirth Diaries

Notes on birth from a physician's casebook (.pdf format, requires acrobat reader)
Note his comments on the 'dangers of the hospital'. And not all these moms were healthy low risk mamas.

In light of this finding, "the number of intended pregnancies should be considered during counseling regarding elective repeat cesarean operation versus a trial of labor and when debating the merits of elective primary cesarean delivery," lead author Dr. Robert M. Silver, from the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, and colleagues note.

The cynical and paranoid part of me wonders sometimes if the move towards universal cesareans is actually part of the population control movement.

In the Boston GlobeA fresh shot

I have very mixed feelings about this.

More mothers choose midwives for delivery