OB Interventions: Dubious or Detrimental

The False Association btw Routine Use of Continuous Electronic Fetal Monitoring (c-EFM) to prevent Cerebral Palsy & the misuse of c-EFM by hospitals and obstetricians to protect themselves from lawsuits ~ Part 1 (of 3)

by faithgibson March 3, 2019

Part 1 (of 3) Easy shortcut to share –> http://tinyurl.com/y3ty2392                               word count 5,236 01 10-01-2019@2;00 pm Revealing the false association between routinely using continuous electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) as a strategy to prevent Cerebral Palsy and other neurological damage in newborns, […]

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Wonderful satire from a website that chronicles man-made (iatrogenic) catastrophe stories relating to normal childbirth

by faithgibson October 1, 2018

This link will make you laugh and then cry! Check it out … http://bornstroppy.com/bleeding-babies/ Backstory: How the routine use of general anesthesia triggered a race to ‘clamp-it-quick’ cord-cutting For nearly a hundred years — most of the 20th century — the obstetrical profession has been in a ‘hair-on-fire’ hurry to clamp and cut the baby’s […]

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Historical Dissatisfaction with “Standard” (i.e. interventive) Obstetrics for Healthy women-normal pregnancies ~ 1950 – 1960

by faithgibson July 21, 2018

Public dissatisfaction in 1950s with half a century of highly-medicalized and invasive “Knock’em-out, Drag’em-out” obstetrics ~ Push-back by public opinion that rejects information about normalizing normal childbirth ~   Public dissatisfaction with childbirth practices first came to light in mid-1950s, when a popular women’s magazine published a ‘whistle-blower’ article by a Labor and Delivery nurse. As […]

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Dr. J. Whitridge Williams: Part 4 ~ Selling his odd ideas about childbirth to the public & philanthropists

by faithgibson February 28, 2018

Part1-D Successfully selling the public, childbearing families, local hospitals & philanthropists on the idea of elective hospitalization and routine using Twilight Sleep drugs, general anesthesia, episiotomy, forceps and manual removal of the placenta on healthy women How the profitability of the ‘baby business’ was able to finance a nationwide system of full-service general hospitals and give rise […]

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Dr J. WW: Part 3 Elective Hospitalization ~ the basic economic engine for America’s private system of hospitals

by faithgibson February 27, 2018

Last edited 05-16-2023 @ 9 am Part 1-C:  Dr. JWW’s invention of elective hospitalization of healthy childbearing women to generate revenue for upgrading and equipping general hospitals  How Dr. J. Whitridge’s Williams’ big dream got started Dr. Williams’ big dream was the result of several remarkable experiences over the course of several decades that lead to insights […]

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