Posts by Buzzbuzz

I guess I'm a little confused by a homebirth advocate whose problem with obstetics is that it isn't science based enough!    99% of what I would call "midwifery type" practices lack any foundation in science at all. ...

I'm afraid your citation is called into question by the more recent 2010 BMJ study on homebirth in the Netherlands which found that midwife attended homebirth with a low-risk mother had worse outcomes than OB attended hospital birth...

"guess different birthing choices could impact the score, but I don't think just because a baby is a breech birth or a c-section or under the influence of the epi. = a lower score"   Actually, I thought the current Cochrane...

Vaske, I'm a little unclear whether you are comparing homebirth to all hospital births or only low risk hospital births?    In any event, I think one point that must be taken into account in comparing the death rate of...

OP -- If you are considering a c-section on maternal request, some resources that might be helpful include Pauline Hull's blog which is found at http://cesareandebate.blogspot.com as well as the associated book that she...

I'm sorry you are so disappointed.    It sounds to me that you felt that with a midwife you would not need to act as an advocate for yourself.  Understandably, you are hurt and angry that that turned out not to be...

No one gets on the road with the expectation of being killed by a drunk driver, but it happens.  Youth and good genes will not protect you against random tragedy.   If you have selected a guardian for your child, have you...

Yes, it is their relationship.  Just as any relationship that a child might have with another child is "their" relationship.  As parents we intervene in children's relationships all the time -- to resolve disputes,...

What I'm confused about is how the fact that you read something about breech birth while pregnant means you have fabulous intuition, but the fact that you also (per other posts) read about TTTS and twins while pregnant (but ended...

Your description reminds me just a bit of a set of twins I read about who in first grade were refusing to interact/speak with anyone else in their first grade classroom (including the teacher).  I'm not saying...