News of Interest
This article is a MUST READ! It is regarding modern medicine and its effect on length of gestation and elective cesareans. Our condolences go to the family of this amazing St. Louis doctor who delivered babies at home for decades. He will surely be missed! Homebirths As A Safe Alternative article from Oregon. More Moms To Be Are Turning To Midwives from the Northwest Herald. The Medicalization...
Read MoreDoctors and Nurses Not Washing Hands Responsible for 80,000 Deaths Nationwide
I remember a few years ago reading an article about hospital acquired infections and the deaths associated with those. The story was about a woman who went in for hip surgery, and ended up dying a month later because she acquired an infection in the hospital. I remember being shocked at the major cause for problems: doctors and nurses were not washing their hands. Gross. I also remember when...
Read MoreBabies Abducted From Hospitals
It sounds like an urban legend meant to scare people, but babies are abducted from hospitals–fortunately, most of them are returned back to their mothers, but I cannot imagine anything worse than the agony of just having a baby and having it kidnapped hours after birth. I don’t know how I could get through a trauma like that, and I don’t think any mother would ever want to...
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