Hospitals Carry Their Own Risks Marinah Valenzuela Farrell, a certified professional midwife, is the president of the Midwives Alliance of North America. UPDATED FEBRUARY 24, 2015, 10:39 AM Welcoming a healthy baby into the arms of a healthy mother is the primary concern of this debate. But most families who choose home birth do so because […]
February 2015
Fifth in a 5-part series American Obstetrics in 2006 ~ A fitting end to the previous century and its invention of the ‘pre-emptive strike’ or “How Childbirth Went Industrial” Nineteenth century “Man-Midwifery” morphed into the “New Obstetrics” as a surgical specialty in early 20th century America. By the beginning of the 21st century, American obstetrics […]
