Sometimes what hospitals deliver are interventions a pregnant mom did not expect.
Source: VIDEO: 9 Moms Tell Their Real Stories About Childbirth – WNYC News – WNYC
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When Childbirth Feels like Assault – The Development Set – Medium
Childbirth should not strip a woman of the right to informed consent. But in practice, it sometimes does.
Source: When Childbirth Feels like Assault – The Development Set – Medium
The Trouble With Tylenol and Pregnancy – The New York Times
The drug appears to increase the risk of asthma or developmental problems in children.
Source: The Trouble With Tylenol and Pregnancy – The New York Times
The Fourth Trimester – Why Newborns Hate Being Put Down | Sarah Ockwell-Smith
The first three months of parenting are often the hardest. A quarter of all babies in this age group are diagnosed as suffering from colic, a diagnosis given when doctors don’t know why a baby is so unhappy and parents are unable to stop their tears.
Source: The Fourth Trimester – Why Newborns Hate Being Put Down | Sarah Ockwell-Smith
Giving Birth in America – CNN.com
Lessons at Tuba City Hospital, Run by Navajos, About Births – The New York Times
A small, underfunded hospital in Arizona, with about 500 births a year, is outperforming richer institutions when it comes to keeping Caesarean rates down.
Source: Lessons at Tuba City Hospital, Run by Navajos, About Births – The New York Times
Column: Home births, midwives, hospitals and the battle over being born | PBS NewsHour
A study released last month highlighting the risk associated with home births has reignited an increasingly polarizing debate among obstetricians, midwives and opinionated mothers everywhere.
Source: Column: Home births, midwives, hospitals and the battle over being born | PBS NewsHour
Post-Cesarean Bacteria Transfer Could Change Health for Life, Study Shows – The New York Times
“A new study shows that a mother’s beneficial microbes can be transferred, at least partially, from her vagina to her baby after a C-section.” (The New York Times)
My colleagues here in Westchester County have been practicing this for the last few years. Nice to see that The New York Times has picked up the story, which, like the story about the NHS in the UK recommending midwifery care to low-risk pregnant women instead of OB/hospital care — will hopefully mean that that swabbing the vagina pre-surgery and transferring the microbes to the baby directly following will become standard practice.
Source: Post-Cesarean Bacteria Transfer Could Change Health for Life, Study Shows – The New York Times
Women With A Doula Are Less Likely To Have Preterm Birth : Shots – Health News : NPR
Doulas provide emotional support for a woman through pregnancy and childbirth. A study finds that women with doulas are less likely to have cesarean or preterm births.
Source: Women With A Doula Are Less Likely To Have Preterm Birth : Shots – Health News : NPR
When a Big Baby Isn’t So Big – The New York Times
Research showed that mothers who believed they were having large babies were nearly five times more likely to ask for a scheduled C-section.
Birth with Confidence 