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Almost one-third of all US births are by Cesarean section, the highest rate ever. Doctors are expressing concern about why this is happening, and some researchers are studying techniques that could help lower the rate of c-section births.
C-sections are one of those topics that can get people scrambling to their battle sections in seconds, so the balanced, well-researched tone of this excellent Detroit Free Press article is very welcome. Reporter Patricia Anstett lays out the reasons doctors believe C-section rates are climbing, Continue reading »
You hear stories about dad delivering the baby all the time. But who ever heard of a two-year-old stepping in to catch his baby brother?
Two-year-old Jeremiah Favazza literally helped mom Bobbye push brother Kamron into the world. Continue reading »
Rachael Larimore was raped years ago and survived. More recently, she has given birth three times, all of them via c-sections. Considering her history and experiences, she’s unsympathetic toward Arizona mom Joy Szabo and others who equate forced c-sections with rape.
She’s got a point, which she makes in the post, “Childbirth is Not Burger King. You Can’t Always Have it Your Way,” at Double X. But in arguing that Szabo’s use of “rape” is hurting rape victims, she errs in the same way she’s accusing Szabo of erring: that is, she makes assumptions about the trauma of other people’s experiences and diminishes that trauma in the process. Continue reading »
There’s one very basic reason I’ve been on board with some kind of healthcare reform from the get-go: I have a uterus. And as the ladies of the National Women’s Law Center recently pointed out – that means I have a pre-existing condition.
Don’t believe me? A few facts, all pulled together by the NWLC: Continue reading »
An Arizona mother who compared her hospital’s policy of not allowing VBACs to rape has come up with a solution to her dilemma: She’s moving 350 miles away to have her baby.
Joy Szabo (who infuriated Strollerderby’s commenters with her choice of words) can’t convince Page Hospital to let her deliver her fourth child vaginally because she’s had a prior c-section. Her third child was delivered vaginally in their hospital, but administrators have since changed their policy and refuse to budge. Continue reading »
An Arizona mother who says she just wants the chance at natural childbirth is comparing her doctors’ decision to demand a C-section to rape.
As far as Joy Szabo is concerned, the hospital’s not making a medical decision but a financial one in telling her she cannot attempt to deliver her fourth child vaginally. Continue reading »
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