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The Difference Between You & Me Is...

♥♂►Elizabeth, ISOTP Birth◄♀♥ wrote 7 months ago: The difference between you and me is this: You’re busy telling women to soak up being told the … more →

Tags: unassisted childbirth, Girl Power, Health Care, Birth Trauma, Birth Physiology, Illusions, libération, birth physiology, hospital birth

Birth, Your Bitchy Friend1 comment

♥♂►Elizabeth, ISOTP Birth◄♀♥ wrote 1 year ago: Here are some of the things Birth would say to you, if she could. You know why? 'Cause I'm a BOSS! M … more →

Tags: Birth Regret, Forgiveness, Girl Power, Health Care, Birth Trauma, pain in childbirth, midwife, birth is a bitch, Bitchy Friend

Emotional Cake.2 comments

Bethany Ewers wrote 1 year ago: This week is full of mixed emotions. Excitement, exhaustion, nervousness, joy, and challenge are try … more →

Tags: Planning, Birth, Doula, language, birth song, in labor, language dance, birth plan, cake

Midwives: To Regulate or Not?4 comments

kimberlyloomis wrote 1 year ago: The very notion of regulation comes about in the form of a kind of guarantee of safety.  Midwives th … more →

Tags: Midwifery, Home Birth, Midwifery, fda birthing tubs, cytotec, regulation, Lobbies, Politics

The Home Birth Experience4 comments

kimberlyloomis wrote 1 year ago: It has been a while since I posted and, while I do have that regulation piece almost ready, I really … more →

Tags: Midwifery, Home Birth

Cytotec/Misoprostol and Labor Induction

kimberlyloomis wrote 1 year ago: This very popular and unapproved medication for labor induction is still used by many physicians tod … more →

Tags: labor induction, cytotec/misoprostol, fda approval, marsden wagner md, Clinical Trials

Labor Induction 1 comment

kimberlyloomis wrote 1 year ago: Taken on its own induction seems like a wonderful convenience and benefit of living in the late 20th … more →

Tags: labor induction, cytotec, misoprostol, Pitocin, breaking woman's water, breaking amniotic sac, stripping membranes, bringing on contractions

Birth in the Movies - Myth or Legend1 comment

elleandsam wrote 1 year ago: Birth in film has a lot to answer for. Women flat on their back,usually in stirups, they’ve us … more →

Tags: Birth, surgical birth, Pregnancy, Childbirth

Informed Consent - Two Stories4 comments

kimberlyloomis wrote 1 year ago: My experience through obstetrics with my first child was pretty standard except for one thing: My do … more →

Tags: Midwifery, Home Birth, Home birth, Midwives, prenatal care, vitamin k, newborn protocols, Informed Consent, Obstetricians

A New Awareness1 comment

kimberlyloomis wrote 1 year ago: As I wrote in the first part of my Journey to Home birth there was, what I felt, a suspicious requir … more →

Tags: Home Birth, pushed, ACOG, hospital birth, videotaping birth, Born in the USA, Marsden Wagner

Our bodies, our babies, our choices

elleandsam wrote 1 year ago: Every woman’s preferences, wants and needs with regards to birth and caring for their baby are … more →

Tags: Birth, birth trauma, birth rape, surgical birth, hospital birth, Doula

The FDA Birthing Tub Fiasco

kimberlyloomis wrote 1 year ago: There is little press these days about much of what goes on regarding the FDA and so the issue with … more →

Tags: Midwifery, Home Birth, Midwifery, pushed, fda birthing tubs, FDA, Birth, Medical device, unregistered medical device

A Journey to Homebirth -Part I3 comments

kimberlyloomis wrote 1 year ago: My decision to pursue home birth for the newest little one was something that had been in the works … more →

Tags: Home Birth, Home birth, hospital birth

Review: Pushed5 comments

kimberlyloomis wrote 1 year ago: Since I am one forever on research (and this is why I haven’t written historical fiction like … more →

Tags: Midwifery, Book Review, Jennifer Block, pushed, AMA, ACOG, Hannah Study, breech birth

More on the war against having a non medicalized birth

lorinhart wrote 2 years ago: Time magazine tries to present a balanced view, but it’s still stacked against birth as a natu … more →

Tags: natural birth, Home Birth, hospital birth, Time magazine, Midwives, safe birth

An OB's Birth Plan: Obstetrician's Disclosure Sent One Mom Running - The Unnecesarean -

indigogrrrl wrote 3 years ago: Below I’ve cut and pasted an article from the “Unnecesarean” Blog…I’ve … more →

Tags: Birth, natural birth, Labor and Delivery, Pregnancy, Doula, birth plan, episiotomy, epidural, Unnecesarean


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