OB Interventions: Dubious or Detrimental

The Disturbing story of obstetrics in America from 1910 to 1980 ~ Older version – Gender-writ Large

by faithgibson January 13, 2023

12,107 word ~ 2nd Draft version w/ better wording of several topics to be transferred to appropriate chapter  — don’t delete until finished moving text The gender gap writ large, with women as mothers and midwives the historic losers. It’s also at the root of why the medical profession was so prejudiced against, and demeaning […]

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Ch 2 ~ The disturbing story of obstetrics in America from 1910 to 1980

by faithgibson January 11, 2023

The Big Reveal ~ Motives hidden beneath the unfounded claims that more obstetrical interventions make childbirth safer for healthy childbearing women This bring us back to the question I first started asking when I saw the drastic contrast between the non-interventive practices associated with childbirth of black mothers on 1 South, compared to “business as […]

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Ch 1 ~ The disturbing story of obstetrics in America from 1910 to 1980 & why it still matters today

by faithgibson January 9, 2023

Overview & Chapter 1 ~ The disturbing story of obstetrics in America from 1910 to 1980 and why that still matters in 2023 ~ Unless you are pregnant, it’s unlikely you’d that have any natural interest in either the history or contemporary practice of obstetrics. Nonetheless, there are two very good and very contemporary reasons […]

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The Risk of Cesarean Surgery by compiled by the Coalition for Improving Maternity Service {CIMS; 2010})

by faithgibson January 1, 2023

 Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) Fact Sheet February 2010 ~ Permission granted to freely reproduce with attribution. 1500 Sunday Dr, Suite 102, Raleigh, NC 27607 | Tel: 919-863-9482 | www.motherfriendly.org Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) Fact Sheet February 2010 Link to printable informational and “Informed Consent” documents that can be copied, personalized and […]

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2. How to tell the last & most important UNTOLD story of the 20th Century – the danger of routinely using obstetrical interventions on healthy women w/ normal pregnancies

by faithgibson July 2, 2022

Reading time ~ 10 minutes ============================== The last and most important UNTOLD story of the 20th century!  The perfect storm that turned healthy women into the patients of a surgical specialty and normal childbirth into a surgical procedure This was the most profound change in childbirth practices in the history of the human species. ============================== […]

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