Archive for the 'revolutionizing birth' Category

The Other Side of the Glass - Important Messages for Fathers…and the rest of us.

pamela on Sep 17 2008 | Filed under: amazing people, birth activism, evidence-based research, homebirth in the media, incredible people, media, moment of birth, political, research, revolutionizing birth

Please pass this on:
This video is geared towards fathers, has many father’s experiences, but it is a vital message for us all.

It is so very important. We will not change this world without changing how we treat babies at the moment of birth.
Please, hands off those babies that are making the transition well. […]

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CPD = care provider disproportion

spamelita on Nov 18 2007 | Filed under: birth story, cesarean epidemic, ranty, revolutionizing birth

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I have seen so many birth stories just like this. I’ve known a few women that wanted to send birth announcements to their previous providers (that ‘diagnosed’ CPD), but they knew that the providers wouldn’t remember them at all. How upsetting that we remember the providers that cause us trauma, grief and intense pain […]

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How do we organize the revolution without offending anyone?

spamelita on Oct 25 2007 | Filed under: political, revolutionizing birth

The truth is, we don’t. We don’t organize it to be nice. We don’t organize it to be palatable. We don’t organize it to be ‘good’ women so that the press and others will hear us ‘better’.
Please be aware: I struggled with posting the graphic photos in this entry. I […]

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