Natural Labor-Better for Mon, Better for Baby
Mothering Magazine
March 2008
Inducing labor is on the rise in the US and is being done more and more for the "convenience of the doctor and the hospital and not for the safety of either the mom or baby. "Studies have shown that induction almost doubles the chances of the mom having a C-Section". The article goes on to state that "to avoid potential complications should not be induced unless medically necessary."
Better for Mom
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ACOG statement on Home Births
Released Feb. 2008
ACOG Office of Communications
ACOG continues its battle and attack on home births connecting dots that are based on opinion, not facts. Home births have continuously proven to be safer for both the mom and baby and yet ACOG continues to try to discredit and scar women into hospital births and medical interventions that are many times unnecessary, and done out of fear of litigation rather then for health and safety reasons. ACOG will follow its "psychological" campaign against homebirth by introducing legislation in various states to outlaw homebirths.
ATTACK
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Midwives in the US : Please visit the offical site of Midwives Association of North America (MANA) for information about a Midwife in your area.
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The Transparency Project is a project which CIMS ( Coalition for Improving Maternity Services) has created so that women will be able to not only tell their birth stories to other women, but everyone will be able to look at the particular statistics of an individual hospital. This information is a good foundation for knowing what you chances are of having a C section, or which type of medical interventions are used and how often in which hospitals. Right now the stats are only involving NY hospitals , but the more women who fill out the survery, the more accurate information we will all have. Help support this effort by clicking on the following link. Birth Survey
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New Books: A Must Read
Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed To Put Women and Children First, by Dr. Marsden Wagner
Read the release and purchase Dr. Wagner's newest book, Born In the USA.
This evidenced based book is a must read for all women and birth activists, birth professionals and you women. Real situations, practices and solutions for improving birth for both the mother and baby. Dr. Wagner puts the mom and baby first and shows how very far from that practice the American childbirth system has strayed. Born In The USA
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The Tatia Oden French Memorial Foundation : Request to FDA
through the Freedom of Information Act
In Sept. of 2007 the TOFM Foundation requested from the FDA the medwatch forms for adverse events when Cytotec was used during the time period of Jan. 2001 through Sept. 2007. The FDA responded to our Freedom of Information Act request and recently sent us over 1700 citings of adverse events when cytotec was used during that time frame. These reports represent ONLY the adverse events that were reported to the FDA. These reports are when Cytotec was indicated for ulcers ( its approved use) , when used with RU486 ( also approved use in the US) and for cytotec inductions ( not approved use by FDA). We are in the process of compiling and analyzing these reports now. For more information, please contact us at our email address.
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