Posted on March 31, 2008 by Kathy
After the Executive Director of DES Action wrote me her previous letter, I asked her if I could post it on my blog, and she graciously agreed. She read my first post, which was more questions than answers, so I thought I’d post her second letter as well, since it contains more information and answers [...]
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Posted on March 30, 2008 by Kathy
One of the blogs that I have on my “feeds” is American Mum, and today she posted a link to an article about Penny Simkin that appeared in The Seattle Times. I read it, and it’s great! I like how it blends in a historical perspective — including snapshots of the typical hospital birth experiences [...]
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Posted on March 29, 2008 by Kathy
I promise I’ll get off the DES bandwagon sometime… but not today.
In my search for more DES information, I found the DES action website, and emailed it for more information. Fran Howell, the Executive Director of this organization, emailed me back the following letter. She answered all of the questions I asked, which I really [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2008 by Kathy
On ideablob there is a contest, and BOLD (Birth on Labor Day, by Karen Brody) is in the running. Right now, it’s in 3rd place, and voting ends on March 31st. I’m not sure how often you can vote, but it’s at least once day, and possibly more frequently than that. You do have to [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2008 by Kathy
This is a letter I just wrote the the CDC DES update page:
To whom it may concern,
I would like for the government to look into and admit that DES was prescribed by some doctors even after they were told to stop prescribing it. I was born in 1977 and have a cockscomb cervix, [...]
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Posted on March 25, 2008 by Kathy
Here is an article from the UK that is making the rounds. The title is Not a Happy Birthday, and is a story of what one woman endured at the hands of her midwife, during what should have been an uncomplicated birth. It is not a “feel-good” read, but birth trauma has become too common [...]
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by Kathy
In one of our email conversations on our independent childbirth educators Yahoo group, we began discussing Diethylstilbestrol (DES), which is a synthetic hormone that was used to reduce miscarriages or help with other pregnancy problems from the 1930s through the 1970s.
The woman who brought it up said that she discovered when looking at her deceased [...]
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Posted on March 21, 2008 by Kathy
A friend of mind just had a C-section. (Most of this information is from a mutual friend. Something tells me that my strong pro-natural stance and this friend’s strong “doctor-knows-best” stance won’t mix well, so we rarely discuss the topic of pregnancy, birth, and babies.)
At 37 weeks, her baby was breech, and she had a [...]
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Posted on March 20, 2008 by Kathy
From BirthFriend, Nurses Urged to Trust Birth.
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Posted on March 18, 2008 by Kathy
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a little less than knowledgeable about herbs. I know that rosemary, oregano, and basil are typically in the Italian seasoning I use in cooking, but that’s about the extent of my knowledge. So I’m always excited to learn more about this fascinating topic, especially when this post [...]
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