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Safety and Normal Birth: Turning A Bitter Historical Truth into a Bright Future

by faithgibson April 29, 2009

For three decades, birth activists and the obstetrical profession have hotly debated whether ‘normal’ birth is a functional and dependable aspect of our biology or a dysfunctional and harmful ‘patho-physiology’. Both sides agree that life-threatening complications do occur during pregnancy and childbirth but that is where the commonality stops. They are sharply and bitterly divided […]

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Trying to Industrialize Biological Systems ~ part 2

by faithgibson November 14, 2006

Read the New Yorker article first : “THE SCORE – How childbirth went industrial”  Click here for a web link to the original New Yorker article . Published October 09, 2006 Part Two — What happens when you attempt to industrialize our normal biology? The last section of this 3-part essay focused on the industrialization of […]

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What happens when you try to ‘industrialize’ social biological aspects of life – part one of 3-part essay.

by faithgibson November 8, 2006

2006 If you have not read the New Yorker article “THE SCORE – How childbirth went industrial” the following critique will be of limited value. Here is web access to this New Yorker article on the internet. It was originally published October 09, 2006 A brief excerpt from THE SCORE, by Dr Gawande: “The question […]

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My Letter-to-the-editor of New Yorker: The SCORE ~ Industrialization of Childbirth

by faithgibson October 28, 2006

Copy of my Letter to the Editor  – electronically transmitted  10-09-2006 Web Access to Original Article I am a former labor and delivery room nurse, mother of three, and a grandmother. While my own ovaries are honorably retired after giving birth to three children, my two daughters are still of childbearing age. My first grandson […]

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Continuation: my comment on Dr. Gawande’s on New Yorker article ~ Part 2

by faithgibson October 26, 2006

October 2006 ~ Part 2 ~ Continuation of my commentary on the New Yorker article ~ I’m a part-time scholar in the history and politics of midwifery and obstetrics. One of my areas of expertise in obstetrical history is the period from 1820 to 1935. I have a considerable library of classic obstetrical textbooks and […]

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