Top Reasons to Choose a Hospital Birth
So many reasons to deliver the baby in the hospital. Here are the top reasons for wanting a hospital birth, especially if you are thinking of having a homebirth in the US: I want a live babyI want a...
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Midwives Provide Equal Care to Hospitals
The level of healthcare provided by certified nurse midwives may be better than or equal to the same care provided in a hospital setting, according to research published in the journal Health Services...
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Obamacare Short on Birthing Center Coverage
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), also referred to as Obamacare, strives to create a streamlined, unified system of medical care across the nation. It is based on 10 key elements of...
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Home-Birth Apgar Scores Too Good to Be True?
A newborn baby’s Apgar score provides a quick summary of the health of the child a minute after it’s born and again at five minutes. Possible scores range from a low of zero to a high of 10. The lower...
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Interview with the New York Times
It is now yesterday’s news but something I have been meaning to address…and so now I am.In September, a staff reporter for the New York Times named Christine Haughney got in touch with me to discuss...
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5 Reasons We Decided Against Home Birth
When we were pregnant with our first baby, we wanted to give birth at home. It’s a loooooong story but to sum it up in a much more concise version, here are my top 5 reasons we ended up choosing...
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As a doula and future perinatologist, I have seen childbirth from a variety of perspectives. Though my passion for obstetrics has never wavered, my view on it is ever-evolving. Three years ago, I was a...
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Our Home Birth Story
Today’s piece is a guest post from Dhanya Smith, who shares with us the story of her home birth:Our second child was due September 16th, 2012. We were having another boy and were excited that we could...
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Homebirth Hasn't Been Safe for a Long Time
I am a mom and a physicist, and at one time I attempted to give birth at a birth center. But I wouldn’t make that choice again, because I’ve since learned about the risks to my baby.Babies born at home...
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Former CPM Blows the Whistle on Illegal Practices at Out-of-hospital Births
A former CPM, Leigh Fransen, has bravely stepped forward to blow the whistle on the illegal practices of homebirth midwives in the United States. Fransen attended direct-entry midwifery school in...
View ArticleI was a homebirther! How can I now plan a hospital birth?
I have struggled with the truth about home birth for years, and I realized it was like a religion to me. I knew all the "correct" answers to give to explain away problems with homebirthing. Within my...
View ArticleMy home birth was so much easier than my hospital birth!
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10 Things Nobody Told You About Home Birth
10 Things Nobody Told You About Home BirthHome births have increased neonatal deaths ratesLarge Image: When we don’t feel well, most people would rather be at home, surrounded by people and things...
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Grünebaum Presentation Highlights Risks of Home Birth Following Prior...
By Sandy Hemphill, Contributing Writer, BabyMed On May 14, BabyMed’s own Dr. Amos Grünebaum made a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)...
View ArticleTop Reasons to Choose a Hospital Birth
So many reasons to deliver the baby in the hospital. Here are the top reasons for wanting a hospital birth, especially if you are thinking of having a homebirth in the US: I want a live babyI want a...
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Midwives Provide Equal Care to Hospitals
The level of healthcare provided by certified nurse midwives may be better than or equal to the same care provided in a hospital setting, according to research published in the journal Health Services...
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Obamacare Short on Birthing Center Coverage
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), also referred to as Obamacare, strives to create a streamlined, unified system of medical care across the nation. It is based on 10 key elements of...
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Home-Birth Apgar Scores Too Good to Be True?
A newborn baby’s Apgar score provides a quick summary of the health of the child a minute after it’s born and again at five minutes. Possible scores range from a low of zero to a high of 10. The lower...
View ArticleInterview with the New York Times
I think the film The Business of Being Born is a dangerous piece of propaganda full of misinformation; it adds to the heaping pile of nonsense that makes women feel bad about themselves for not giving...
View Article5 Reasons We Decided Against Home Birth
When we were pregnant with our first baby, we wanted to give birth at home. It’s a long story, but here are my top 5 reasons we ended up choosing hospital birth.Keyword Tags: homebirthhospital birth
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