Posts by Serenity Now

One of the problems with that is defining risk. Also, in birth you are low risk until you are suddenly not, because things can change very quickly in labor, even for women who have been low risk their entire pregnancy. Would they be...

Quote: Originally Posted by Escaping    The reason I was asking was because every time I looked for the info, I'd hit the same roadblock that there was no way to track the data as there is currently no ICD...

Quote: Originally Posted by Pillowy  Hi! New here, but I thought I'd jump in.   A new analysis about Arizona home births (conducted by College of Public Health of the University of Arizona, Tucson and...

Google-fu is telling me it is double that of low risk vaginal birth, but I'm sure there are other and better numbers out there. Certainly not 6 times, like the Oregon rates show. I really don't have the time today to vett various...

Quote: Originally Posted by Escaping    To be honest, yea, I'd still buy the car if that was the car I wanted. The risk of any other car suddenly exploding is pretty close to nil, so between 3 and 8 times...

Quote: Originally Posted by Escaping    I would still not be very concerned. It's like when my car insurance tells me I'm 3 times more likely to die in a red car than a white car so I have to pay more if I...

What if this data IS correct? What if the numbers from Colorado (3 times increase in death) and Oregon (6-8 times increase in death) is reliable, accurate info. Then what, as far as homebirth and homebirth advocacy go?

Yes, they can if they consider the care to be necessary for the baby to live. There have been precedents that have been upheld legally that pediatricians and neonatologists have the legal responsibility to give life-saving care to a...

Quote: Originally Posted by BroodyWoodsgal  I know what you mean, that quote from the MW makes me sick...how about "I'm so devastated that this beautiful mother and wife died in a birth I was attending,...

Apparently this is what the midwife said at the hearing “Claire had a great pregnancy, she had a really lovely spontaneous birth at home and I hope Simon in time will remember that.” How completely and utterly heartless. How can a...