Tag Archives: Homebirth

Reply turned post, midwives are hacks style

When I signed onto Facebook this morning, a link showed up on my feed from a page that I don’t remember “liking”, but, as it is called “Nurtured Moms”, I can see it being a possibility. The link was to … Continue reading

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Reply turned post, blame the mom or the system? style

My buddy Jill of The Unnecesarean has launched an awesomely Rad Pitt (inside joke, you’d get it if you were from San Diego or South Beach) new project called CesareanRates.com. She shared a top ten list from my lovely state … Continue reading

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Lamentations

Please, run, don’t walk, to the series called Lamenting the System at the Unnecesarean. It is a series of responses from practicing ob/gyns to an article called “An Obstetrician’s Lament” by Annette E. Fineberg, MD, which was published in the … Continue reading

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Catching Babies Blog Series

I am participating in a blog series on Catching Babies, a novel about obstetrics and gynecology training by health economist J.D. Kleinke. As a medical student on her obstetrics and gynecology rotation who is (hopefully!) staring down an obstetrics and … Continue reading

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So, I’m still here

Again I find myself apologizing for the blog silence. There are a few reasons I have been quiet. First of all, my ex has been reading my posts and complaining to players in our divorce about what I write on … Continue reading

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Reply turned post, conjecture about home birth mortality

I think that the more swagger and sarcasm involved is present in an argument, the less evidence there usually is to back it up. I find this post particularly disturbing in its tone, and its lack of real obstetrical knowledge … Continue reading

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Reply turned post, what a doula can do

Well, Rixa wrote an entire post about the physician who trashed birth plans and doulas on her blog. I tried to write a reply to it, but I was got an error message that said it was too long. So, … Continue reading

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I get mail!

I got two emails on the same day, asking me for advice! I feel like mighty Isis. I’m not going to start call you “my little muffins”, but I am going to answer them on the blog, like she does. … Continue reading

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Second stage, take center stage

When Amy announced the Fifth Healthy Birth Blog Carnival Get Up, Stand Up, which is based on the Lamaze Healthy Birth Practice “Avoid giving birth on your back and follow your body’s urges to push,” I knew exactly what I … Continue reading

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The Captain Morgan maneuver

I mentioned that a midwife friend of mine described using a foot-on-a-chair technique to resolve a shoulder dystocia during a homebirth. This was after they had already tried the Gaskin manuever (or, the woman had already been on her hands … Continue reading

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