Maternity Care in America — Empowering Women for Their First Birth

Over at the Independent Childbirth site, “Birth Wisdom Week” is being celebrated.  I was supposed to write a post as part of this, but I’ve been a bit tied up planning some activism related to the situation with The Midwives, so I apologize profusely about how late this post is!

As a childbirth educator and doula, I have to admit, one of my greatest frustrations is that many women don’t even really seem to be bothered by the rising cesarean rate in America.  If I thought that it was that the women didn’t care if they had a vaginal vs. cesarean birth, I’d be able to accept that.  But I really don’t think that is the case  Continue Reading…