Cesarean Politics

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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What OBs say to other OBs @ ACOG’s 2018 Annual Meeting: Claim that elective induction @ 39 weeks will reduce the US cesarean rate

by faithgibson November 15, 2018

What obstetrical doctors say to other doctors about routine induction and claims that this policy will DECREASE the CS rate: Post of two reports supporting new “”Gold Standard” for American Obstetrics as routine induction @ 39 weeks for all healthy women with normal pregnancies (those with complications or high risk pregnancies will be delivered based […]

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A new website to report obstetrical mistreatment, bullying, other kinds of abuse & medical treatments without informed consent

by faithgibson November 5, 2018

If anyone is interested in pursuing what consumers are saying about insensitive, insulting, or bullying by their health care providers,  here is a link to a new website called My OB Said WHAT?  www.myobsaidwhat.com It is a site where consumers post those insensitive, insulting, annoying, hurtful, or bullying remarks or other statements said to them […]

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