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CDC Reaffirms Vag Birth safer, significally higher maternal morbidity assoc. Cesarean surgery

by faithgibson May 19, 2015

Vaginal Births Safer Than Cesarean, CDC Report Reaffirms Megan Brooks May 21, 2015 Cesarean delivery carries higher risks for women than vaginal birth, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Blood transfusions and admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) are more common after primary (first-time) cesarean deliveries than […]

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A California hospital’s attempt to lower their C-section rate

by faithgibson May 15, 2015

How One Hospital Brought Its C-Section Rate Down Fast Faced with the possible loss of an important insurer, one California hospital rapidly reduced excessive cesarean section rates in part by sharing each physician’s rate with everyone in the obstetrics department. By Kaiser Health News May 9, 2015 | NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.— Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, […]

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Ode to Birth Activist & Pioneer Sheila Kitzinger

by faithgibson April 20, 2015

Repost from UK newspaper ~ The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/12/sheila-kitzinger Sheila Kitzinger, the “high priestess of natural childbirth”, has died at the age of 86. She could reasonably be said to have done more than anyone else to change attitudes to childbirth in the past 50 years. It was her belief that childbirth should not be reduced […]

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More statistics linking Cesarean surgery & increasing maternal death rate

by faithgibson April 14, 2015

CHICAGO, March 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — “Risk of Blood Clots After Cesarean Delivery,” a podcast about the increasing risk of blood clots after cesarean delivery, is now available at the Physician-Patient Alliance For Heath & Safety YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLKvAYZkd6rZRkvy7V8ldhA/ On iTunes, the podcast is available at https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/peter-cherouny-on-venous-thromboembolism/id897887688?i=338029261&mt=2 In the podcast, Peter Cherouny, MD (Emeritus […]

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Childbirth U ~ Confirmatory evidence that increasing MMR directly associated w/ high CS rate

by faithgibson April 11, 2015

The following account of the CMQCC report on maternal mortality in California was written and circulated via email by Henci Goer. Hence in the founder & CEO of Childbirth U, a website that will provide science-based information of childbirth-related issues and intervention. The website is not on-line but will be soon. Click on this URL […]

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