Contemporary US rates of maternal morbidity and mortality during and after Cesarean surgery available in in 2025

by faithgibson January 21, 2025

Maternal morbidity and mortality during and after Cesarean surgery ~ 2025 The maternal morbidity rate associated with a Cesarean section is higher than the rate for a vaginal delivery. However, Cesarean sections have helped reduce maternal morbidity and mortality rates overall.  Explanation Risk of severe morbidity Cesarean sections are associated with a higher risk of severe maternal […]

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Ch. 13 ~ The Obstetrical Franchise In America: The 20th century Gender War btw Midwifery and Obstetrics (spoiler alert – obstetricans won, midwives and childbearing women lost!)

by faithgibson January 21, 2025

Chapter 13 ~ Putting Humpty-Dumpty Back Together Again The theme of this chapter is to reunite the story that was split asunder in the first 10 chapters. At issue is the rehabilitation of the maternity care system, that is, science-based birth care as the foremost standard for healthy women with physiological management, regardless of the […]

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Chapter 1 ~ A Time Traveler’s Perspective on Normal Childbirth  ~ copy WORD doc ~ savd Jan-17-2025

by faithgibson January 17, 2025

Word Count 8836 Jan 17, 2025 Note-to-self  Jan 2025 — Need to remove all unwanted spaces btw paragraphs Note to self ~ Apparently I was editing two different version of Ch 1 without realizing it. This version has 8 pages of new material, but is too wide a scope of topics and too much detailed, […]

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Chapter 12 ~ The Obstetrical Franchise In America: The 20th century Gender War btw Midwifery and Obstetrics

by faithgibson January 16, 2025

Chapter 12 ~ WC 7703 *** last edited 01-21-2025 @ 12:13 pm Two of the most popular obstetrical interventions ~ Induction and Episiotomy Induction vs. Mother Nature The ‘normal’ length of labor is nine months, give or take a few days. The most frequent time for a healthy pregnant woman to spontaneously go into labor […]

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Chapter 11 Obstetrical franchise etc – correct title later

by faithgibson January 16, 2025

Word count 2701 Jan 2025 Chapter 11 ~ Common Sense The conduct normal childbirth in hospitals under conditions of surgical sterility was originally done because it was the only method available in the last 1800s to prevent the epidemic of puerperal sepsis in institutional settings. Even though it was obvious that aggregating women in an […]

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