Mommy of many red heads Blogger: Why go it alone?
Mommy of many red heads: “My story: ‘I shed the placenta and had a bath with my son’ I always planned to have children but I could never imagine giving birth in a hospital, or with any kind of official in attendance. The only way I had ever been able to picture myself giving birth … Continue reading
Tea and Bon Bons with Amy: Freebirth?
Freebirth? “I’d never heard of it, but it doesn’t surprise me that a freebirth movement is underway. Basically, it’s giving birth at home without the assistance of doctors, midwives, or drugs. Just the mom and maybe the dad. They claim that the biggest problem with childbirth is fear. Truthfully, I think these “freebirthers” have some … Continue reading
Kevin MD: Freebirth Controversy (Crippen alert)
I LOVED the comments at this blog. LOL. Kevin MD Freebirth Controversy “Happyman, you are woefully ill-informed. Technology and medicine have NOT been improving outcomes over the “100 years.” As Dr. Gawande in The New Yorker admits, in 1933 the New York Academy of Medicine published a shocking study of 2,041 maternal deaths in childbirth. … Continue reading
Dymaxion World Blog: This sounds dangerous
This sounds dangerous Yet another commenter at this blog calling for our heads on a plate: (or at least our children taken away) “For that reason, I think anyone that prefers any type of home-birth is somewhat crazy. Unassisted home birth? The state should take away the kids and give them to parents with a … Continue reading
Strollerderby Blog “Midwife-Assisted Homebirth? Wussy.”
Midwife-Assisted Homebirth? Wussy. Kelly Mills said: “In any event, I don’t really care that much if someone wants to give birth without a doctor, as long as I don’t have to help. But as someone who imagined this natural birth and in retrospect wishes she got the epidural on arrival, I’m so not in the … Continue reading







