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Fox News: Government Report: U.S. Women Dying in Childbirth at the Highest Rate in Decades
Government Report: U.S. Women Dying in Childbirth at the Highest Rate in Decades “U.S. women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades, new government figures show. Though the risk of death is very small, experts believe increasing maternal obesity and a jump in Caesarean sections are partly to blame. Some experts note … Continue reading
For Your Information: Birth Links to help you get educated
Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care (Hardcover) by Jennifer Block (Author) Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First (Hardcover) by Marsden Wagner (Author) Cesarean Delivery and the Risk–Benefit Calculus New England Journal of Medicine (This information should be considered suspect … Continue reading
Midwives in Missouri
This news report includes video of an unassisted birth. It also articulates the debate of parental choice and the problems that families increasingly face around the births of their little ones. Go Here to watch the video. NOTE: Most news agencies only keep videos archived for a month. Jenny Hatch
Ottoway Citizen: The new normal
The new normal Increasingly, giving birth is a medicalized procedure Published: Saturday, August 18, 2007 “It must have been the cocktail of drugs they gave me before my first daughter was delivered by caesarean section, but as I lay on the operating table, I felt like chatting. What, I asked the anesthetist seated at my … Continue reading
Philly.com: C is for caution: C-sections on the rise
C is for caution: C-sections on the rise Or it may be for convenience, critics say. The surgery, once risky, now is used in about a third of U.S. births. By Marie McCullough Inquirer Staff Writer For a peek into the future of childbirth, look to Puerto Rico. Nearly half of all babies born in … Continue reading
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