MAYDAY Series: Ref #1 ~ EFM as a Public Health Screening Program: The Arithmetic of Failure” by Dr David Grimes

by faithgibson May 31, 2019

A “Must Read” as part of our Mayday 2019 series Begin with this link, which has references from studies on efficacy of EFM published in professional journals between 1969 & 1978     Re-posted from: American College of  Community Midwives (ACCM)   A professional organization for Community Midwives   Easy-to-copy-&-share link ~ https://tinyurl.com/y3d2dgus “EFM as a Public […]

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Mayday series: Wrap-up Part 2 (of 2) Final Words & Action Plan

by faithgibson May 31, 2019

Word count 1600 Easy-to-share Link: https://tinyurl.com/y67nkt4c Wrap up of Mayday series: Introducing a *new vocabulary* Final Word & Action Plan ** The Bigger Picture and new vocabulary for the kind of maternity care that best serves the needs of healthy childbearing women and their families and is most cost-effective Maternity care and obstetrical services are […]

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Mayday Series: Part 1 (of 2) Wrap-up & Final Words

by faithgibson May 30, 2019

Easy-to-share link ~ https://tinyurl.com/yxfx7d8u Word count 1300 Conclusion of the Mayday Series ~ Part 1 ~ Be sure to read Acton Plan in Part 2  This series began with big (and embarrassing) questions about the contemporary practice of obstetrics in America. The most central of all was simply: “Why has American obstetrics strayed so far […]

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Episiotomies — more harmful unnecessary interventions by OBs, more hiding high rate of inappropriate interventions by hospitals

by faithgibson May 27, 2019

Re-posted from USA Today An episiotomy is a surgical cut to the vagina during childbirth. A USA TODAY analysis finds a startling number performed despite guidance from 2006. Episiotomies: painful, risky and not routinely recommended but dozens of hospitals are doing them anyway. Alison Young and John Kelly, USA TODAY Updated 12:00 p.m. PDT May […]

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Preventable Maternal Deaths ~ Why Did Lauren Bloomstein Die? (re-post from Mwfry Today, 2017)

by faithgibson May 24, 2019

MIDWIFERY TODAY > ARTICLES > FREE ARTICLES > WHY DID LAUREN BLOOMSTEIN DIE? This is background material from the Mayday! Mayday Mayday! series, which is an urgent Call to all Americans to fix a problem that is wasting millions of healthcare dollars & results in preventable maternal deaths   Why Did Lauren Bloomstein Die? by Marion Toepke McLeanSeptember 1, 2017 […]

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