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Maternal deaths in childbirth rise in the U.S. ~ from Washington Post ~ May 2014

by faithgibson April 7, 2015

Maternal deaths in childbirth rise in the U.S. Washington Post article By Carol Morello May 2, 2014   http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maternal-deaths-in-childbirth-rise-in-the-us/2014/05/02/abf7df96-d229-11e3-9e25-188ebe1fa93b_story.html Maternal deaths related to childbirth in the United States are nearly at the highest rate in a quarter century, and a woman giving birth in America is now more likely to die than a woman giving birth in China, […]

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Interesting post & cross-talk from NY Times “Opinion Pages ~ Room for Debate” topic: Is Home Birth Ever Safe?

by faithgibson February 27, 2015

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 […]

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Obstetrics in the US ~ A fitting end to the century that invented pre-emptive strike or “How Childbirth Went Industrial” ~ #5

by faithgibson February 25, 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 […]

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Obstetricians promoting the “New Obstetrics” 1910 to 1923 ~ #4

by faithgibson February 23, 2015

Forth in a 5-part series Obstetricians promoting the “New Obstetrics” 1910 to 1923 ~ “If the profession would realize that parturition, viewed with modern eyes, is no longer a normal function, but that it has imposing pathologic dignity, the midwife would be impossible of mention.” [1915-C; DeLee, MD p.117] ~ “If obstetrics is ever to […]

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Medical Education and the Campaign to Abolish the Midwife ~ #3

by faithgibson February 21, 2015

Third in a 5-part series Medical Education and the Campaign to Abolish Midwifery Only by being familiar with obstetrical science and education in the US in the early 1900’s can one reasonably evaluate the obstetricians’ campaign to eliminate the midwife. Obstetrical education in the early 1900s in United States was not primarily based on clinical training […]

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