Episiotomies – Do You Really Need One?
By Heather Hill If you’re like me when I was pregnant, you are probably being bombarded with information. Between reading and getting so much advice about everything from what to feed your baby to...
View ArticleHome Birth Is A No-Brainer
by Yvonne Lapp Cryns Home birth with a midwife is a no-brainer — government statistics since statistical compilation began a century ago show the superiority of non-medical midwife-attended home birth,...
View ArticleMy Birth Doula
by Suzanne Doyle-Ingram By the time my husband and I finally got pregnant the first time, I had done a lot of reading about birth options and we had already decided to have a midwife instead of a...
View ArticleHomebirth: As Safe As Childbirth Gets
by Yvonne Lapp Cryns Each year in America, approximately 1% of the births occur in home settings. In Illinois in 1992, 1,218 families filed birth certificates that reflected a homebirth. Approximately...
View ArticleCesareans and Prematurity
The rate of premature birth has been increasing for 2 decades and researchers are now blaming part of the increase on unnecessary cesarean sections. The cesareans are accountable for almost all of the...
View ArticleIncreased Risk of Asthma from Cesareans
A recent study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, found that C-section babies are 40-60% more likely to suffer from asthma as children. The study is based on data from a whopping 1.7...
View ArticleStudies Show Homebirth Is Safe, Episiotomy Is Harmful
Source: www.PRWeb.com (PRWEB) A study in the June 18th issue (2005) of the British Medical Journal found that “planned home births for low risk women in the United States are associated with similar...
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Birth Injuries & Trauma: Where to Start When It Goes Wrong
via nicubunu.photo, flickr.com Approximately 28,000 babies suffer from a birth injury in the U.S. each year. These problems can range from minimal bruising all the way to serious conditions that will...
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