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As Early Elective Births Increase So Do Health Risks for Mom and Baby

Tweet Pregnant? Soon to be pregnant? You need to read this article and educate yourself! Click for link to full article As early elective births increase so do health risks for mother, child December 26, 2010 | Nathanael Johnson Login or register to post or rate comments

Michelle Van NormanMichelle Van Norman’s son, Christian, was . . . → Read More: As Early Elective Births Increase So Do Health Risks for Mom and Baby

Reason for Homebirth: Cesarean Section Refusal Equals Parental Nightmare

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By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

August 13, 2010 – 7:00am

 

The National Association for Pregnant Women (NAPW) recently acknowledged a victory in which they played a part related to a woman who had given birth three years ago and had her newborn . . . → Read More: Reason for Homebirth: Cesarean Section Refusal Equals Parental Nightmare

Skin to Skin Contact, even for C-sections

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If you haven’t read this article yet, or visited the Stork Stories blog, you are missing some amazing stories and a ray of hope from the world of hospitals. Here is an excerpt from an amazing article, please click to read it in its entirety. This is so powerful it needs to be shared.

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Your Right to Refuse a C-Section

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Why as women should we have to fight with our care providers for rights we are granted by the Constitution? When is the last time you heard a man threatened with a vasectomy? Or forced into one against his will?  As women we have the right to birth our children naturally without full abdominal . . . → Read More: Your Right to Refuse a C-Section