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Dedicated to Saving The Lives of Those Giving Life to Others
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This is a quote from Sunni Karll, excerpted from "Making A Difference:A Blueprint for Harmony"
Midwifery Today Issue 58
"Think About It"
"To the baby, birth is about being received. We unfold the world and know our value when received with love and acceptance, in our own perfect tim- ing. If someone yanks us out of a place intrusively, we naturally recoil and go within in order to maintain balance against this outside force. The difference of being "received"compared to being "forced" results in opening to this world or shielding ourselves from it. Out of this experience comes baby's first decision: either "the world is a friendly place" or "the world is a hostile place." "This decision is the initial filter that determines if baby opens to or shields herself from the world, from then on.
The experience of birth determines the vibration of life that a soul will live and filters the way that person experiences the world. This vibration becomes their blueprint. Only by creating a birth of absolute safety, gentleness, warmth and acceptance, internal peace, love and a state of wonder can we have a baby who knows within, "I am all this. I am secure and loved."
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C-Sections : a Critical Factor in Preterm Birth Increase
March of Dimes June 2008
The following article by the March of Dimes , notes the increase in preterm births and states "Cesarean sections account for nearly all of the increase in US singleton preterm births, according to an analysis of nine years of national birth data."
One needs to wonder about the significance in the increase in C Sections ( over 33% of all births) and the increase in preterm births, and the STRONG correlation between the two facts. Since the "due date" at best, is a " good guess" women should seriously consider NOT having a C Section, unless a medical emergency presents itself. Letting the labor process proceed on its own time line, in its own way is safer and better for both mom and baby.
PreTerm
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Cytotec: Safe for Inducing Labor?
iVillage
by Henci Goer
The following article by Henci Goer, well known researcher and childbirth advocate, details the reasons why cytotec should not be used to induce labor and who does and who does not support conclusion. The article also includes links that go more specifically into the side effects of cytotec inductions and also a press release from ICAN ( International Cesarean Awareness Network) calling for a ban on Cytotec inductions.
Cytotec: Safe?
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Alameda County Public Health Commission
Informed Consent Pamphlet
The attached pamphlet was created by the Maternal, Child
Health Subcommittee of the Alameda County Public Health Commission. We hope you will find it helpful in the work you do with pregnant moms, or for yourself in your childbirth journey. A grid with 8 medical interventions and their side effects will follow shortly.
Informed Consent
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Effects of Epidural Anesthesia on Labor Progress
Kamile Kukulu, MS, RN: Hafize Demirok, MS, RN
Pain Manag Nurs. 2008;9(1):10-16.@2008 Elsevier Science, Inc.
Posted 6/02/08
The following article also posted to Medscape June 2008, examines the most commonly used medical intervention for pain management... the epidural anesthesia and the risks associated with this process for both mom and baby. The study was conducted between Oct. 2004 and July 2005.
Pain Management
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Episiotomy Raises Laceration Risk in Next Delivery
David Douglas
Medscape Today,Obstet Gynecol 2008; 111:1274-1278
According to an article in Reutes Health June 2008, "Women who undergo episiotomy during their first vaginal delivery have a significant increase in the risk of spontaneous obstetric lacerations in subsequent vaginal deliveries." The "findings demonstrate yet another detrimental aspect to episiotomy". The recommendation is to restrict the use of this technique which has been for decades as routine.
Restrict
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