Pro-life nurse sued for removing IUD without patient’s consent

Here is the court document, which is pretty short and to the point: a woman went into a facility to have an adjustment made to her IUD, and the nurse practitioner “accidentally” pulled out the IUD. As that happened, Defendant Olona stated “Uh oh, I accidentally pulled out your IUD. I gently tugged and out [...]

Inductions and Deductions

It’s almost the more-or-less official start of tax season — most if not all tax-related information must be given to wage-earners by Jan. 31, so that they can compute their taxes owed by April 15. Oh, yeah, I’m doing the happy dance. Not! There are probably numerous inductions and C-sections performed in the last few [...]

The Big Push for Midwives

Here is the main website for “The Big Push“; and here is a good summary article of the future that midwives and midwifery face. If you’re on FaceBook, you can “join the cause” and “join the cause” from The Big Push website. [And if you have FaceBook, you can also become a fan of Permission [...]

“Born Free,” a doctoral thesis

When you see “doctoral thesis” or “doctoral dissertation,” does it almost make your eyes glaze over, expecting long words like dieythylhydroxychlorothiazide? This one shouldn’t! Written by Rixa of “The True Face of Birth” (now “Stand and Deliver”) to complete her doctoral degree, it doesn’t contain 15-syllable words like one might fear, but is written in [...]

Compare and Contrast

This blogger had a CNM practice for her prenatal care in her first birth at the hospital which ended in a C-section. For her second birth, she chose a home-birthing midwife (although she doesn’t specify this one’s credentials). The difference between the two is remarkable, and she writes of it eloquently: When women refer to [...]

Contribute to a new midwifery book

Click here to read the post with the specific questions on birth and midwives and midwifery. Here is the body of the text: I am putting together a book proposal for a guide to choosing, working and birthing with midwives, tentatively titled as above. I’ve got an agent for this project and am currently working [...]

And you thought ultrasound was so good…

Well, it missed a baby. That’s right — instead of a couple having septuplets, they actually had OCTUPLETS. Born at 30 weeks, and described as “stable”. Thirty weeks is good. There is a high survival rate at this stage. My prayers go out to them.

Two Great Posts in One

Kangaroo Care (snuggling a premature infant skin-to-skin 24/7) has been a topic I’ve meant to research and write about. But this post has an article which sums it up nicely. Why reinvent the wheel? — just go and read it. Also on that post (the first half of it), it talks about another topic related [...]

I like these videos

One of these women is reducing her risk of breast cancer… h/t Wonderfully Made Bellies and Babies and Would you eat in here? h/t Baby Dust Diaries

Deciphering your hospital records

In a previous post, I wrote a list of various abbreviations that may come in handy in figuring out prescriptions or your medical records. Now I’d like to add a link to a blog post which has a whole bunch more terms and abbreviations specifically related to pregnancy and birth. This list will help even [...]