There are people who really believe that having a baby is inherently dangerous. Maybe more dangerous than extreme sports. Not just people watching A Baby Story on TV, where women are routinely whisked away in a panic for surgery. Not just people regularly watching women on soap operas faint, only to find out they are [...]
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Birth (an extreme sport)- Sponsored by…
Posted in Birth, Birth Trauma, homebirth, Parenting, Pregnancy, tagged birth plan, childbirth, homebirth, hospital birth, indifference, midwife, risk, standard of care on February 18, 2010 | 3 Comments »
What’s Normal?
Posted in Pregnancy, tagged care providers, doctor, expert, midwife, Pregnancy on January 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I have a theory. You are the expert when it comes to your own body. I’m not saying doctors (or midwives, nurses, etc.) are unimportant- in reality, the knowledge they wield is incredible. But their specialty is THE body, not YOUR body. And what they learn and study is great because there are things that [...]
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