Acitivist in Training: Marisa P. (post #2)
In our society today, it seems that obstetricians keep narrowing their definition of normal. They seem to jump at any opportunity they can to intervene with the normal process of birth. And with the...
View ArticleActivist in trainging: Zakiyah W. (post #2)
Take a look at the rooms…. don’t ask for the stats!! As part of our biopsychology of birth class, we were put into groups and sent out to different hospitals to collect information. Some of the...
View ArticleActivist in Training: Jacquelyn C. (post #2)
Have you ever played the game, Brick Breaker? The point of the game is to use your pod at the bottom of the screen to catch and bounce a ball back and forth to the top of the screen to break bricks....
View ArticleActivist in Training: Carolyn C. (post #2)
As the end of the semester approaches in my Bio Psych of Birth course, the question “What does normal birth mean to you?” arose. As I pondered what normal birth meant to me, I couldn’t help but wonder...
View ArticleCultural Influences on Childbirth Choices
The other night I was up late watching a rerun of The Golden Girls. It just so happened to be the episode where Blanche’s daughter Rebecca, who is a single woman pregnant via artificial insemination,...
View ArticleActivist in Training: Sarah J. (post #2)
When I switched into the Biopsychology of Birth class, I was resistant and uneasy talking about birth. I didn’t even know my own birth story and I never thought to ask until this class. I had always...
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No Room at the Inn – Christmas Inductions
If you’re listening to any number of people who are due in the next few weeks and trying to get an induction, what you hear a lot of, is “I’m calling to get a bed for induction, but they are too busy...
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Beyonce’s Baby Blunder
An official statement was made today that says Baby Blue is taking over a whole floor, but is in an executive suite, with their own security detail and that she was not born via c-section, scheduled...
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Skin to Skin Success
For all of the hard work that we do as Birth Activists, I want to give a huge shout out to all of the successes we’ve had with skin to skin care. Currently there are many projects going on around the...
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Institute of Medicine’s Birth Settings Webcast
Come watch now as they discuss birth settings! You can also follow on Twitter: #IOMBirth
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