georgia
10-28-2007, 09:00 PM
From mothering.com:
Survey Seeks Women Who Have Ever Been Pregnant (http://www.mothering.com/sections/action_alerts/october2007.html#survey)
The cesarean rate is skyrocketing. And rather than predicting that the tide is turning, some experts believe that in less than 10 years more than half of the births in the US will be surgical births. When you consider the potential ramifications on the health of babies and mothers from this possibility, it is very frightening. The good news is that there is something very simple that can be done to help change directions—prevention of the first cesarean.
Please click on the link above to read more :)
and
Pushed Birth (http://www.pushedbirth.com/)
Do routine inductions, C-sections, and epidurals equal medical progress? Why are home-birth midwives illegal in 11 states? Why are physicians and hospitals denying women vaginal births after cesarean? Can breech babies be born vaginally? How did episiotomies become routine? Where does Pitocin come from? Should midwives go to jail? Is homebirth safe? Are women really requesting unnecessary C-sections? Is normal birth the next "woman's right to choose?"
Survey Seeks Women Who Have Ever Been Pregnant (http://www.mothering.com/sections/action_alerts/october2007.html#survey)
The cesarean rate is skyrocketing. And rather than predicting that the tide is turning, some experts believe that in less than 10 years more than half of the births in the US will be surgical births. When you consider the potential ramifications on the health of babies and mothers from this possibility, it is very frightening. The good news is that there is something very simple that can be done to help change directions—prevention of the first cesarean.
Please click on the link above to read more :)
and
Pushed Birth (http://www.pushedbirth.com/)
Do routine inductions, C-sections, and epidurals equal medical progress? Why are home-birth midwives illegal in 11 states? Why are physicians and hospitals denying women vaginal births after cesarean? Can breech babies be born vaginally? How did episiotomies become routine? Where does Pitocin come from? Should midwives go to jail? Is homebirth safe? Are women really requesting unnecessary C-sections? Is normal birth the next "woman's right to choose?"