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Birth Activist Suzanne Arms ~ Words from a long-time friend

by faithgibson July 16, 2012

Suzanne is a long-time friend and fellow birth activist.  I thought others might be interested in her most recent work on behalf of the ecology of normal childbirth @@ @ @@ Birthing the Future Repost from July 13, 2012 by anngwyn (Dr. Anngwyn St Just, PhD The health care system as we have known it is in chaos, and this […]

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Standing up to the Daily Beast’s Rant ~ HBO Newsroom as a model for rebuttal

by faithgibson July 1, 2012

On Wednesday journalist Michelle Goldberg published a blog on The Daily Beast characterizing PHB as ‘dangerous’ and CPM midwives to be inadequately trained and incompetent birth attendants. This opinion was formed from interviews and documents about a midwife-managed OOH labor that was transferred to the hospital in 2nd state and had a poor outcome. At […]

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Daily Beast blogger slams planned home birth ~ Speaking Truth to ‘truth-i-ness’

by faithgibson June 27, 2012

A California licensed midwife emailed me the news that journalist Michelle Goldberg was writing an article for publication on the “home birth debate”. My friend provided the journalist’s email address and suggested that I contact her. Ms. Goldberg is someone I actually know of from the MSNBC week-end news program “UP W/ Chris Hayes“, which I regularly […]

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Report on Forced Obstetrical Care ~ New England Journal of Medicine

by faithgibson June 25, 2012

Court-Ordered Care — A Complication of Pregnancy to Avoid Julie D. Cantor, M.D., J.D. N Engl J Med 2012; 366:2237-2240 June 14, 2012 Interview with Dr. Julie Cantor on court-ordered care for pregnant women in the United States. (14:03) Listen Download Samantha Burton was 25 weeks pregnant when her membranes ruptured. Burton’s obstetrician admitted her to […]

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Lessons from 1950s cardiology ~ why a non-evidence-based medical practice should never be allowed to become the standard of care

by faithgibson June 21, 2012

This article was first posted on the Canadian Maternity Care Discussion Group (MCDG) by Dr. Michael Klein, professor Emeritus of Family Practice & Pediatrics (University British Columbia) and listmaster of the MCDG. It tells the story of how total, prolonged, flat-on-your-back bed rest became the standard of care for heart attack patients without any scientific evaluation. It seemed ‘so logical’ to […]

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