From home to hospital: The evolution of childbirth in the United States, 1928–1940☆

by faithgibson March 7, 2025

From home to hospital: The evolution of childbirth in the United States, 1928–1940☆ Author links open overlay panelMelissa A. Thomasson a b, Jaret Treber c Show more https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2007.07.001Get rights and content Abstract This paper examines the shift in childbirth from home to hospital that occurred in the United States in the early 20th century. Using a panel of city-level data over the period […]

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Commonwealth Fund identifies professional midwifery care as reducing our MMR & other social and economic benefits

by faithgibson March 6, 2025

An excerpt taken from the Commonwealth Fund’s article on disproportionately high Maternal Mortality Rate in the United States by faithgibson on March 1, 2025[edit] in Contemporary Childbirth Politics Insights into the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis: An International Comparison https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/jun/insights-us-maternal-mortality-crisis-international-comparison   “Midwives are clinicians trained to provide a wide range of services — helping to manage normal pregnancies, assisting with […]

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Part 1-B (of 5) Obstetricalized childbirth and elimination of midwives from 1820 to early 1900s

by faithgibson March 4, 2025

Continuation ~ Part 1-B  Commonly used obstetrical interventions and why their use is so often a problem for the mother and also results in an unplanned Cesarean surgery The standard obstetrical interventions used in virtually every hospital L&D unit start by putting the newly admitted laboring woman in a hospital bed. This is the most […]

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Part 1-a (of 5) Obstetricalized childbirth and elimination of midwives from 1820 to early 1900s

by faithgibson March 3, 2025

Faith Gibson California Licensed Midwife 041 February 2025 ~ Part 1-a ~ word count: 2117 reading time approximately 15 minutes History of the word “midwifery” The word “midwifery” comes from 16th century Middle English. It simply meant “with-woman” in relation to childbearing. In the narrowest sense, any woman who stays with and helps another woman during […]

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Commonwealth Fund article on disproportionally high Maternal Mortality Rate in United States

by faithgibson March 1, 2025

Insights into the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis: An International Comparison https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/jun/insights-us-maternal-mortality-crisis-international-comparison Toplines The U.S. maternal mortality rate continues to far exceed those of other high-income nations, despite a decline since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic Persistent inequities in health care are a big reason why Black women in the U.S. are by far the […]

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