I recently wrote a post for the Citizens for Midwifery blog about birth practices in the Ukraine which developed into musings about humanized birth (regardless of country). Rather than repeat myself h… more →
Talk Birthsalabesr wrote 1 month ago: Originally posted on our collaborative site, Ourblook. OurBlook interview with Dr. Margaret Lewin, m … more →
talkbirth wrote 2 months ago: I recently wrote a post for the Citizens for Midwifery blog about birth practices in the Ukraine whi … more →
rememberingmyhat wrote 2 months ago: My almost-toddler had a routine Health Visitor checkup today. I was trying to work out why I took hi … more →
talkbirth wrote 3 months ago: I’ve been debating about whether to share this post or not. I’m concerned that it may co … more →
Sunsong Braun wrote 4 months ago: I must’ve lost my damn mind this week. I don’t know what prompted me to watch that train … more →
talkbirth wrote 6 months ago: I received a comment via another blog asking “given my limited situation, can I really expect … more →
findingthemiddle wrote 8 months ago: Last December we put a call out to the community to join us in having a discussion about health care … more →
Kathy wrote 10 months ago: “Birth Matters Virginia” is sponsoring a contest for birth videos. Full details and more … more →
Trevor Butterworth wrote 1 year ago: Maia Szalavitz Last week, an extraordinary example of the sorry state of addiction coverage and trea … more →
talkbirth wrote 1 year ago: From Janet Balaskas’ classic book, Active Birth: “When birth is active– There is l … more →
talkbirth wrote 1 year ago: The short answer is no, you do not “need” an episiotomy. Women rarely (if EVER) actually … more →
talkbirth wrote 1 year ago: Another area in which common practice or hospital policy often diverges from evidence based pratice. … more →
talkbirth wrote 2 years ago: Another instance in which hospital policy may not match the evidence is with regard to suctioning th … more →