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I told you so! 26 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
I’ve been at this for quite sometime. I started the predecessor of this blog, Homebirth Debate in 2006. Over the years, I’ve approached the issue from many different angles, but my central contention ...
This father scares me; am I the only one? 23 Aug 2013 | 09:11 pm
Perusing the morning papers, I came across this piece in The New York Times, The Sound (of the Crying Baby) and the Fury (of the Exhausted Parent), written by a man who is a psychiatry resident at Yal...
Hannah Dahlen tries to lie with statistics … again 22 Aug 2013 | 07:48 pm
I’ve written many times before about the endless efforts of midwives to demonize interventions in childbirth. Australian midwife Hannah Dahlen seems to be leading the charge and doesn’t shirk from us...
Surprise! Reducing doctors’ work hours doesn’t reduce mistakes 21 Aug 2013 | 06:10 pm
In 1984, the year I graduated from medical school, Libby Zion died. According to the Washington Post: After his 18-year-old daughter Libby died within 24 hours of an emergency hospital admission in ...
Pumping isn’t good enough; lactivists demand the right to breastfeed during work 20 Aug 2013 | 08:18 pm
In their solipsism and self-righteousness, lactivists are now threatening workplace equality. That’s likely to be the ultimate effect of a poorly conceived, basically frivolous complaint being broug...
What do homebirth advocates and toddlers have in common? 19 Aug 2013 | 08:24 pm
Homebirth advocates are lamenting the court defeat of Aja Teehan. Teehan petitioned to Irish courts to force the health service (HSE) to PAY FOR a homebirth VBAC, against medical advice, attended by a...
August 16, 2013: This week in homebirth idiocy 16 Aug 2013 | 08:29 pm
The end of summer is a slow time in the blogosphere, but in the world of homebirth, the crazy never stops. Gems from this week include: 1.Women petitions for health service coverage of an HBAC (home...
No, natural is not better 15 Aug 2013 | 08:53 pm
There is an overarching belief in contemporary society that natural is “better.” Advertisers key into into it. Organic food purveyors rely on it. And it is obviously at the heart of natural childbirt...
Why you’re choosing homebirth 14 Aug 2013 | 07:24 pm
Ever notice how women who are planning to have a homebirth feel the need to justify it to the entire world? There are literally hundreds of blog posts and web articles entitled “Why I’m having a home...
Scientists find maternity clothes cause pregnancy 13 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
Startling finding announced in prestigious journal by Gull E. Bull Scientists have made an astonishing discovery about the cause of pregnancy. According to the study, published in the widely read jo...
