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  • Statistics

    When every out-of-hospital birth including unplanned taxi and public restroom births are counted as homebirths, then the mortality and morbidity stats look pretty dismal. This, of course has nothing to do with the safety of a planned homebirth attended by midwives, during which safety is not sacrificed. If the safety of your infant is your ...
    Posted to Movies by Mara on January 25, 2008

  • Re: MyBirthTeam-choices for everyone!

    I love your site! It saved me so much time and it was fun to see who would match with me. I wish you great success! Thank you so much!
    Posted to Movies by mommy25 on January 18, 2008

  • Re: MyBirthTeam-choices for everyone!

    Mommy25, Thank you for your kind comments. I'm glad that you were able to find an OB to meet your needs on MyBirthTeam. It is my hope that the site will encourage education, communication and satisfaction for both patients and the Providers that will ultimately lead to fewer disputes. With fewer lawsuits, maybe malpractice insurance will ...
    Posted to Movies by Cyndi Gross on January 18, 2008

  • MyBirthTeam-choices for everyone!

    We all have our opinions. We all have different needs beliefs and circumstances. Homebirth was not an option for me, but I liked knowing what options I did have and where I could fill those needs. I found a website called www.MyBirthTeam.com that matched me with an OB that fit my needs. It has a feature that matches people with doctors, midwives, ...
    Posted to Movies by mommy25 on January 17, 2008

  • What about pregnant women?

    It's all well and good to talk about a patient's right to autonomy. However, we would be remiss to ignore that there is a whole set of people who are being denied informed consent at best and, at worst, being coerced or ignored when it comes their medical treatment. Everyday in this country laboring women are subject to procedures such as ...
    Posted to Explainer by MsPinkPants on January 17, 2008

  • Push? That is the point.

    I think Stevens fails to bring up a lot of critical issues facing the way that we as a society have come to regard birth.... I've posted a reaction to this review on my blog: www.lechebaby.com
    Posted to Movies by lechebaby on January 17, 2008

  • Re: What's most important?

    I also had a prolapsed cord with my first child. I had no risk factors and could have been categorized as a candidate for a home birth. With my experience, I can not imagine taking the risk of home birth (not that being at home is an increased risk itself, but because of the unknown variables that come into play). Yes, there is a high rate of ...
    Posted to Movies by TinaMarie on January 17, 2008

  • Re: Homebirth at Age 41

    JMRColo definitely has her head screwed on right. My last child was born when I was 41--a VBAx2C. Having been pregnant 7 times, I have run the gamut on childbirth options. And maybe I should write a book, because each one was very, very different. And with my fifth pregnancy, after 3 natural, though hospital, births, and a miscarriage, I was ...
    Posted to Movies by Bayou Woman on January 17, 2008

  • Please be informed before being snarky

    If you are going to be snarky and dismissive, at least get your facts right. Alas, you sacrifice the high ground, choosing instead to use incorrect information. Please familiarize yourself with the study http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/330/7505/1416 . Your review seems to be very defensive, which I find to be an interesting reaction to the ...
    Posted to Movies by properlady on January 17, 2008

  • US has worst Infant mortality rate

    The bigger issue is not really ''hippies'' versus ''smart parents protecting the lives of their unborn babies''. It's a culture of fear in the US that surrounds birth. The United States has the highest infant mortality rate of any developed country in the world yet we spend more money than any other country in the world on birth. The purpose of ...
    Posted to Movies by tcnally on January 17, 2008
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