Excellent outcomes with much lower intervention rates are achieved at home births. This may be because the overuse of interventions in hospital births introduces risks or the home environment promotes problem-free labors.
You can't be said to make a choice when you only have one option. - Henci Goer
You can't be said to make a choice when you only have one option.
- Henci Goer
Of course, if 40% of women need oxytocin to progress normally, then something is wrong with the definition of normal. - Henci Goer
Of course, if 40% of women need oxytocin to progress normally, then something is wrong with the definition of normal.
A study of interactions between women and obstetricians offers an explanation. It described three levels of increasing power imbalance: In the first… - Henci Goer
A study of interactions between women and obstetricians offers an explanation. It described three levels of increasing power imbalance: In the first…
Reluctant doctors like to believe that they haven't much influence over their patients, but that is clearly not the case. Several studies have found… - Henci Goer
Reluctant doctors like to believe that they haven't much influence over their patients, but that is clearly not the case. Several studies have found…
When intervening becomes routine, meaning there is no reason for it, only risks remain. - Henci Goer
When intervening becomes routine, meaning there is no reason for it, only risks remain.
In a branch of medicine rife with paradoxes, contradictions, inconsistencies, and illogic, episiotomy crowns them all. The major argument for episiot… - Henci Goer
In a branch of medicine rife with paradoxes, contradictions, inconsistencies, and illogic, episiotomy crowns them all. The major argument for episiot…
Labor will hurt. Probably a lot. But whether this is negative is another matter... A laboring woman can be in a great deal of pain, yet feel loved an… - Henci Goer
Labor will hurt. Probably a lot. But whether this is negative is another matter... A laboring woman can be in a great deal of pain, yet feel loved an…
Excellent outcomes with much lower intervention rates are achieved at home births. This may be because the overuse of interventions in hospital birth… - Henci Goer
Excellent outcomes with much lower intervention rates are achieved at home births. This may be because the overuse of interventions in hospital birth…
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