Posts by IdentityCrisisMama

Quote: Originally P osted by mothercat    However, I don't think comments such as these are helpful to the discussion. (Just MHO). They amount to speculation unless you have specific sources you would like...

Quote: Originally Posted by Pillowy    And then, naturally, the next question is then how do we make births safer? Yes.       And, to take that even a step further, even if the...

Quote: Originally Posted by mothercat  The prelim report includes Rooks' testimony, but it seems expanded and I don't know the source or the author. But for now, the prelim report is not thought to have been...

Quote: Originally Posted by Pillowy    The link I was referring to there (when I said "what the paper specifically told them not to do") was Judith Rook's statement, at the bottom of the table where it...

And, Pillowy, because you're a new member and we don't "know" each other well yet - I want to clarify that my tone was meant to be helpful. I dislike when people take snips of quotes and then try to fiddle with what a member...

Quote: Originally Posted by Pillowy    I find it interesting that you only quoted that sentence I wrote, and not the one following it. I knew where they were they were getting the number, and I said that....

Quote: Originally Posted by Pillowy  I'm baffled as to where the Oregon Midwifery Council is getting this "2.1/1000" perinatal mortality rate for in-hospital deaths for 2012. They got it from here, which is the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Pillowy  What the Oregon Midwifery Council did, and what the paper told them specifically not to do,  With this statement are you still talking about the two links? I"m confused...

Quote: Originally Posted by Buzzbuzz  I thought rooks data hospital numbers were for ALL risk levels at term (including congenital defects). Does the press release cite the source for the hospital numbers? Rook's...

Quote: Originally Posted by mothercat  "It is hard to know whether these numbers would be accurate over time with a larger sample size, but the preliminary report gives a term perinatal mortality rate for planned...