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Amber’s Birth Story: “I would not change anything”
April 20th, 2009 Posted by Other Contributors in Birth Centers, Birth Stories ⋅ Comments »
I had a wonderful waterbirth at a birth center. I went into labor at 10:30 on a Monday night. My contractions were every 6-10 minutes all night long but they ...
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Blue Cross/Blue Shield Changing Policy. Please help!
January 7th, 2009 Posted by Other Contributors in Birth Centers ⋅ Comments »
We received this notice about Blue Cross/Blue Shield's changing policy and BirthCare, a Virginia birth center, one of many this change will hurt. Information for writing a letter is below.
Unfortunately ...
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Midwives Deliver: LA Times Opinion article by Jennifer Block
December 25th, 2008 Posted by Jennifer Block in Amazing Midwives, Birth Centers, Home Birth, Hospital Birth, Legislation & The Big Push ⋅ Comments »
Some healthcare trivia: In the United States, what is the No. 1 reason people are admitted to the hospital? Not diabetes, not heart attack, not stroke. The answer is something ...
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Down on The Farm
December 9th, 2008 Posted by Abby Epstein in Amazing Midwives, Birth Centers ⋅ 28 Comments »
Right before Thanksgiving, Ricki and I got to fulfill a dream…visiting Ina May Gaskin at The Farm in Tennessee. We had always wanted to film Ina May at The Farm ...
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I am a labor and delivery nurse in a hospital and am outraged daily by the amount of unecessary interventions that occur during labor
December 1st, 2008 Posted by Other Contributors in Birth Centers, Hospital Birth, Responses to the Film ⋅ Comments »
The Business of Being Born was a very motivating and life changing movie for me. I am a labor and delivery nurse in a hospital and am outraged daily by ...
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Fear Shouldn’t Drive Birth Center Decisions
November 16th, 2008 Posted by Other Contributors in Birth Centers ⋅ Comments »
By Kim Triglio
BEVERLY, MASS. - For 27 years Beverly’s North Shore Birth Center has been a place for women seeking a natural approach to pregnancy and childbirth in a ...
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URGENT: Board Threatening to Close North Shore Birth Center
November 9th, 2008 Posted by Other Contributors in Birth Centers ⋅ Comments »
Dear Ricki,
There is a very serious move to stop all births at the North Shore Birth Center. It is being recommended to the Board of Trustees of Northeast Health Corporation ...
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Alecia’s Birth Story: A Pizza Party!
September 16th, 2008 Posted by Other Contributors in Birth Centers, Birth Stories ⋅ Comments »
Baby's Birth Date: 14 March 2006
Birth Story: I visited my lay midwife on Saturday. I'd been having contractions all morning, but no serious ones. I was checked and dilated to ...
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Debbie’s Birth Story: Our oldest daughter who was 8 at the time shouted,” It’s a girl!”
September 16th, 2008 Posted by Other Contributors in Birth Centers, Birth Stories ⋅ Comments »
Baby's Birth Date: June 27, 1989
Birth Story: When my first daughter was born I had her in the hospital, lying on my back, with "Pit", an episiotomy from one end ...
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Amazing Midwife Ruth Lubic
September 10th, 2008 Posted by Other Contributors in Amazing Midwives, Birth Centers ⋅ 1 Comment »
Ruth Lubic is a midwife, educator, grandmother and at 81 years of age, she's an inspiration!
Click here to view the CBS news clip about her remarkable clinic in ...
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