Postpartum Depression Screening
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Testing, Testing, 1, 2...
Hello! This is my new Birth Blog... charter post to come. Just testing, thanks!
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A blog about the state of birth in Alabama and our country; about "mainstream" and "alternative" birth choices; about doctors, lawyers, insurance, midwives, doulas, organizations, homebirth, hospital birth, birth centers, education and informed consent, cesareans and VBACs, infant loss, etc etc; and our future.
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Better Birth for Bama, Better Birth for the U.S.A
Today's birth climate, in Alabama and the country, is bleak, and most people aren't even aware of this. The maternal mortality rate is rising (and was too high to begin with) and the infant mortality rate is higher than some 3rd world countries. The national cesarean rate is 31.8% as of 2007. The World Health Organization has maintained for years that the cesarean rate for ANY country should be NO higher than 10 - 15% AT MOST. So over half of cesareans are unnecessary. And cesareans are MAJOR abdominal surgery, with all of the risks that entails. They are not simply another "birth choice." They are miracles, when truly necessary and prudent. But they are harming women, and I was one of the women harmed by them, forever scarred. Who is to blame? Everyone points the fingers at someone else. Doctors? yes, but they say it's the women requesting the cesareans or it's the threat of malpractice that leads them to do more cesareans (never mind they hippocratic oath) or it's because women have gotten "lazy" or "fat" or..XYZ. Women? yes, they need to get educated about their options, about their bodies, about the facts. It's not about being "brave" or not, if you go "natural" (ie, no drugs/epidural) or about "just an experience" if you choose out-of-hospital birth (studies suggest it's just as safe as hospital birth.) Get INFORMED. Insurance companies/health care in America? yes, we need reform. Societal attitudes about birth? yes.... all of these things and more...the birth "climate" is just bleak. But I am fighting for safer birth in America. Safer birth, Better birth...for our daughters. Please join the fight.
Mostly Birth-related Links
- Alabama Birth Coalition
- Alabama Midwives
- Alabama Midwives Alliance
- American College of Nurse-Midwives
- American Congress of Obstetritians and Gynecologists...ugh
- BAC
- BirthACTION
- BirthNetwork in the Wiregrass
- Childbirth International for courses online
- Citizens for Midwifery
- DONA
- International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)
- Kmom's Amazing Site (not just for plus size moms)
- Midwives Allicance of North America
- Mothers Naturally for natural pregnancy and birth
- North American Registry of Midwives
- Solace For Mothers Letter-Writing Campaign
- The Big Push for Midwives
- The Pink Kit
- The Unnecesarean (Brilliant info on the all too common UNnecesarean section)
- VBAC Facts (wonderful site w/ all the stats)
Mostly "Other" Links
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