Obstetricians And Natural Birth … Childbirth Series #41

Everything begins with a story or more. So let’s tell some stories. STORY #1: Throughout Time and across the global until the 20th Century, there were no Obstetricians. 100% of pregnant women gave birth one way or another. Every culture accept the good and the bad....

One Effort To Have A Strong Birthing Partnership

The birth of a concept that leads to a trial The initial inspiration for the concept for this 2-year trial … to grow a skilled birthing population for ALL births … originated during a historical childbirth trend that ran from 1950s-mid1970s led in New...

Preventing Birth Tears And More

How To Prevent Tearing During Childbirth (Hint: This Works No Matter Where You’re Giving Birth) Are you worried about tearing when you push your baby out? [I would make this a second subhead for this landing page – slightly smaller than the main headline) You know...

Fathers Supporting Vaginal Birth After A Cesarean (VBAC)

Dear Father-to-be supporting a VBAC Are you thinking to yourself, ‘WTF does she want from me and we have our doctor/midwife to take care of her. What exactly am I supposed do?  Or maybe you feel pretty confident that you can be a good VBAC birth-coach at least for a...

Women Have Been Left Alone Too Long In Birth

You know I nit-pick the crap out of words and meanings. ‘Left alone’  … I’ve always struggled with this term …  particularly in giving women support/help by the partner/other or within the ‘continuity of care’ delivery of service. Here’s my flash and you know this is...