Recent Blog Posts

View Post: Birth Issues Blog: Birth Centers Versus Homebirth
16 Nov 2009 by Alan Huber  
Last week, Rixa Freeze asked her readers to comment on her blog about freestanding birth centers as opposed to homebirth. She referenced an article she wrote in 2007 entitled "Worst of Both Worlds." ...
View Blog: Birth Issues Blog - http://birthissues.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Stand and Deliver: More on birth centers and maternity centers
16 Nov 2009 by Rixa  
The review is worth reading--as is the book--but I wanted to highlight this particular excerpt when she discusses birth environments and brings up the idea of a freestanding maternity center: taking the entire birthing wing outside the ...
View Blog: Stand and Deliver - http://rixarixa.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Quick links: Lynsee, birth centers, home birth, birth parties in ...
7 Nov 2009 by christinamichaud  
Quick links: Lynsee, birth centers, home birth, birth parties in the news. 7 November 2009. This has been a busy week for news in the birth world. The big news, of course, is the live streamed birth (midwife-attended, ...
View Blog: Massachusetts Friends of Midwives Blog - http://mfomnews.wordpress.com/

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View Post: Taking on Mis-Information at Crisis Pregnancy Centers
13 hours ago by Liza Doubossarskaia, NOW Communications Intern  
These centers have been justly criticized by organizations like NOW and NARAL for spreading myths that have little factual basis. For instance, CPCs claim that: birth control pills are unsafe (fact: most women can use birth control ...
View Blog: Say It Sister! - http://www.now.org/news/blogs/index.php/sayit/

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View Post: Citizens for Midwifery: Grassroots Network: Getting Medicaid ...
29 Oct 2009 by CfM Molly  
The American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) has been working hard to address a critical challenge for birth centers: no Medicaid reimbursement for facility fees, which threatens the very existence of many birth centers. ...
View Blog: Citizens for Midwifery - http://cfmidwifery.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Congress takes an important step forward for CPMs!
25 Nov 2009 by Nasima Pfaffl  
Building from language crafted by the American Association of Birth Centers for legislation that will require that birth centers receive payment for facility fees, Senator Cantwell was able to add language specifying payment to the ...
View Blog: The MAMA Grapevine - http://www.mamacampaign.org/grapevine

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View Post: Giving Birth Without an Episiotomy: Talking to Your Care Provider ...
28 Nov 2009
Times are changing with regard to how mothers are giving birth. The use of more natural methods of birthing include the use of birthing centers, waterbirths, birthing balls and doulas. With all of the latest in natural childbirth ...
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View Post: Renton For Life: Northwest Hospital
54 minutes ago by Jenny  
I think I'm in love with birthing centers! Truly, if for some reason I decided to go back to school and start a totally different career, I think I'd like to be a labor & delivery nurse...but that's a different blog post altogether. ...
View Blog: Renton For Life - http://rentonforlife.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Minnesota Mom Gives Birth to 15 Pound Baby : Growing Your Baby ...
3 hours ago by Lisa  
The Guinness Book of World Records says that title belongs to a baby born in 1879, that weighed in at 23 pounds, 12 ounces. Related Articles: Indonesian Mom Gives Birth To 19.2lb Baby!! Romanian Mom Welcomes 14.5lb Baby! ... American Association of Poison Control Centers, American Baby Magazine, American Girl Boutique, American Innovative, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, American Museum of Natural History, American Physical Therapy Association ...
View Blog: Growing Your Baby - Parenthood from Pregnancy... - http://www.growingyourbaby.com/

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