babble » blogs » Strollerderby
Strollerderby
When Wisconsin mom Johan Ortiz went into labor, she didn’t panic. She didn’t rush to the hospital. Instead, against her doctor’s orders, she got in her SUV and went to pick up her husband. He was in a plane, flying toward an airport three hours away from her Milwaukee home.
When Melvin Ortiz’s plane landed, he was ordered to hurry off the plane while his fellow passengers cheered him on. Continue reading »
Want to have a doula or labor coach to assist at your birth? Interested in drafting a birth plan with your partner? Don’t have your baby at the Aspen Women’s Center in Provo, UT.
The center has posted a sign in their entryway that reads:
Because the Physicians at Aspen Women’s Center care about the quality of their patient’s deliveries and are very concerned about the welfare and health of your unborn child, we will not participate in a “Birth Contract”, a Doulah Assisted, or a Bradley Method delivery. For those patients who are interested in such methods, please notify the nurse so we may arrange transfer of your care.
When Brandie D’Orazio showed up at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center in labor with her first child, hospital staff checked her in, got her ready and then sent her labor partner — husband Dan — packing.
Dan had a fever and the hospital wasn’t taking any chances. The D’Orazios, though sad to see Dan go, weren’t either. Continue reading »
Just when you think we’ve gone beyond safety issues with regard to homebirth — what with the findings in this study and, more recently, this one, among others — the Today show goes and airs “The Perils of Home Birth,” a seven-minute segment so poorly reported, so one-sided and salacious, that instead of feeling defensive and outraged — I laughed. Out loud. Alone!
Here’s what I learned: women choose home birth because it’s “hedonistic,” and the equivalent of a spa treatment. Furthermore, reporter Peter Alexander suggests that women choose home birth because famous people like Meryl Streep and Demi Moore had some babies at home. Home birth, Alexander says, is “fashionable, trendy and the latest cause celebre.”
Spa treatments? Cause celebre? (Demi Moore?!) Continue reading »
A study published in the British Medical Journal finds that some British women are unhappy enough with the hospital care they have received, or expect to receive, that they are seeking home birth options even when they have medical complications that would make it risky. Continue reading »
The Other Side of the Glass – For more funny movies, click here
Until now, all the important birth films — The Business of Being Born, Orgasmic Birth, Baby Mama — have focused on women’s experiences during pregnancy and labor.
But a Missouri filmmaker has turned her lens on fathers and their babies, who, as this eight-minute clip shows, are having traumatic experiences of their own during birth.
What could possibly compete with the pain of a dilating cervix? Continue reading »
Lori Garcia 
Joslyn Gray 
Amber Doty 
Julianna Miner 
Monica Bielanko 
Sierra Black 
Meredith Carroll 
Carolyn Castiglia 
Sunny Chanel 
Madeline Holler 
Rebecca Odes 
Danielle Smith 
Danielle Sullivan 
Katherine Stone 
The Walt Disney Company supports Babble as a platform dedicated to honest, engaged, informed, intelligent and open conversation about parenting. However, the opinions expressed on this site are those of individual parents/writers and do not reflect the views of Disney. In addition, content provided on this site is for entertainment or informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or safety advice.
6