A blog about motherhood…
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I am not sure when it started, or how it started, but so many people blindly let their doctors lead them to the operating table. Why is it that we as a society put our doctors up on pedestals. They are human, they are not plugged into the book of all knowledge. They may have [...]
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http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/article1070816.ece I am honestly just completely flabbergasted by this entire incident. A law abiding citizen who is just trying to make sure her unborn baby is safe by getting a second opinion; to be held against her will is an absolute disgrace. “The judge ordered Burton to remain in Tallahassee Memorial and submit to any [...]
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6932530.ece Are worried, anxious daddies the culprit in getting women to the hospital too early? I have to say, I think this is very viable possibility, I remember the morning I was in labor. I was handling labor pretty well – I had to breath through contractions, and they were coming pretty fast. I remember [...]
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A few days ago I stumbled on a discussion about a woman who was overdue and attempting a home birth. The general consensus from the group was that this woman was putting too much on the line, since her due date had come and gone, and she was at home, and she was using a [...]
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http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=vitamin-d-deficiency-ups-risk-of-c-2008-12-24 This is certainly and interesting revelation, but I really wonder how much effect Vitamin D really has on the laboring uterus. Of course it is good idea to make sure you have all your essential vitamins and minerals to grow a healthy baby, and keep mom healthy. But I feel that doctors are a [...]
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/18/men-birth-labour-baby I read this article yesterday, and was really quite surprised that an OB (although I should stop being surprised by what OB’s say and do) said that men should stay out of the delivery room. I can understand the argument to a certain degree, his theory is that if the father of the baby [...]
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http://www.lakepowellchronicle.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=1849&page=77 In the United States, since Roe V. Wade, the right to choose has been a political strategy, for some people it is a basic human right, and always a very personal decision. However, the right to choose ends when a woman wants to choose her method of Childbirth. Perhaps because it is an actual [...]
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I had never really considered the possibility that my baby’s face, eyes, throat, or spinal cord may be in danger during my c-section. But after reading this story: http://community.babycenter.com/post/a14518095/dr._cut_my_babys_face_during_c-section_july_4th_09…was_he_drunk “My baby girl was born on July 4th 09 and I had to have a c-section. Well the first time I saw her the nurse says [...]
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I have been watching The Doctors, and am completely taken aback by what the OB/GYN, Dr. Masterson spews. She should not be in a position to influence the American woman, people are going to think “well, Dr. Lisa said it was okay, and she is a doctor, so I am going to trust her”. Of [...]
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