Posted in children, homebirth, natural child birth, natural family living, parenting, pregnancy, vbac on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
a HBA2CS this time!!! Announcing Baby Zen
Although i havent had much time to type, I finally found the time to write a short version of the birth story of our son, Valentine Zenson Lazarus (baby Zen). He was my 2nd VBAC but first HBA2CS (his brother was a VBAC at a free standing birth [...]
Posted in homebirth, natural child birth, natural family living, pregnancy, tagged infant mortality, pregnancy on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Infant Mortality: U.S. Ranks 29th
U.S. Ties Slovakia, Poland for 29th Place in Infant Deaths
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Oct. 15, 2008 — The U.S. ranks 29th worldwide in infant mortality, tying Slovakia and Poland but lagging behind Cuba, the CDC reports.
The CDC’s latest estimates for international rankings are [...]
Posted in homebirth, natural child birth, natural family living, pregnancy, vbac on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Suspect Diagnoses Come with Biophysical Profiling
by Gloria Lemay
© 2004 Midwifery Today, Inc. All rights reserved.
[Editor's note: This article first appeared in Midwifery Today Issue 69, Spring 2004.]
Many North American women are being told at the very end of their pregnancies to go to an ultrasound clinic and have a biophysical profile done. Most are impressed [...]
Posted in homebirth, natural child birth, natural family living, pregnancy, vbac, tagged ACOG, birth, maternity care, vbac on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
October 12th, 2008 by Judith Lothian
The Milbank Report, Evidence-Based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve, was released on October 8. This report should shake the world of maternity care to its very core!
The authors of Evidence-Based Maternity Care, Carol Sakala and Maureen Corry, have a long involvement with evidence-based maternity care [...]
Posted in homebirth, midwives, natural child birth, natural family living, pregnancy, vbac on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By GERADINE SIMKINS
Posted: July 17, 2008
One wonders what process the American Medical Association House of Delegates used to determine that its resolution on home deliveries was prudent and reasonable.
AMA resolution 205 attempts to outlaw a woman’s choice to give birth at home or in a freestanding birth center by calling for legislation to establish hospitals [...]
Posted in natural child birth, natural family living, pregnancy, unassisted childbirth, vbac, tagged natural child birth, pregnancy on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I finally finished compiling my list of parenting, pregnancy, etc. related books. So, I thought I would share the list with whomever reads my blog. Feel free to recommend additional books…I do love books
Those related to Natural Child Birth and Pregnancy (in no particular order):
Aromatherapy During Your Pregnancy, Fances R. Cliffford
Unassisted Homebirth, An [...]
Posted in natural child birth, natural family living, pregnancy, vbac, tagged ACOG, big baby, cesarean, induction on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Everyone here probably knows that I am not a fan of ACOG (I pretty much have alot of distain for them, considering their attack on homebirths and midwives). however, I love using their statements against the OBs that they brainwash. Many OB’s will tell women “oh you have a big baby…we need to induce, or [...]
Posted in children, natural child birth, natural family living, parenting, pregnancy, vbac, tagged c-section, dangers of cesearean on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I decided I should publish this here, since I’m always looking for it. So…this is Ethan’s birth story, my first VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean).
12:44 pm: Ethans Birth Story
I have given birth to three wonderful boys. The first two came into this world by cesarean section (c-section). After fighting the medical establishment, my third [...]
Posted in children, circumcision, natural child birth, natural family living, parenting, pregnancy, tagged circumcision on July 6, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I am posting this as a mom who is first, Jewish, and second, who has two sons who are circumcised. Since my pregnancy with my third son, however, I have researched the issue of circumcision and have left my third son intact, as will be this fourth son due in October. Below are [...]
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