https://tinyurl.com/ybvde6cx ~ This URL links to Parts 1. You can access Part 2 by clicking the link at the bottom of Part 1. The story behind the 1993 Licensed Midwifery Practice Act and organized medicine’s 2013 amendment to the LMPA that irrationally restricts access to care by Ca LMs The California Licensed Midwifery Practice Act was introduced in 1993 by Senator Lucy… Continue reading The Art & Science of Modern Midwifery in California ~ part 2 (of 3)
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The Art & Science of Modern Midwifery in California ~ Part 1 (of 3)
tinyurl.com/ybvde6cx Safe, cost-effective Childbirth in the 21st Century Healthy childbearing women and their babies are always safer when the mother-to-be receives regular prenatal care during pregnancy, is cared for by a trained and experienced birth attendant throughout active labor, the birth of her baby, the immediate postpartum-neonatal period and initial breastfeeding and that both new mother… Continue reading The Art & Science of Modern Midwifery in California ~ Part 1 (of 3)
SB 457 — ACOG’s newest attempt to eliminate PHB and severely restrict LM scope of practice, threaten license and livelihood of Ca LMs
Why CALM, CCM & C-FAM (you too we hope) is opposed to California senate bill 457 The California Nurse-Midwives Association and the California Association of Licensed Midwives (CALM) stand together in opposition to this bill. CALM is opposed because: This bill, which is being promoted by anti-midwife physician groups, drastically reduces the scope of practice for… Continue reading SB 457 — ACOG’s newest attempt to eliminate PHB and severely restrict LM scope of practice, threaten license and livelihood of Ca LMs
Part 4 Summary ~ Fears vs Facts for normal childbirth in healthy women
Identifying the real dangers of normal childbirth in healthy women Links to previous posts for: Part One, Part Two, Part Three When it comes to identifying the actual dangers associated with normal childbirth in a healthy childbearing population, the American public and a majority of the medical profession frequently see dangers where there are none,… Continue reading Part 4 Summary ~ Fears vs Facts for normal childbirth in healthy women
Identifying Both Safety & Danger in Normal Birth – Part 3 ~ Commentary
Part 3 (of 3) The Silent Third Partner: Parental Decision-Making and how the ethical and legal rights of parents to make medically unpopular or unwise choices may result in preventable neonatal mortality and how that aspect is routinely ignored in studies conducted on the relative safety of OOH birth services. In regard to safety… Continue reading Identifying Both Safety & Danger in Normal Birth – Part 3 ~ Commentary
Identifying Safety vs danger: five models, five perspective, five insights on normal childbirth ~ part 2
Part 2 (of 3) Click here read part 1 ~ Identifying the real dangers of normal childbirth in the 21st-century Safety & the maternity-care continuum in an essentially healthy population Two kinds of data are required to intelligently determine if the current configuration of medical and midwifery care is making the kind of cost-effective contribution… Continue reading Identifying Safety vs danger: five models, five perspective, five insights on normal childbirth ~ part 2
Identifying the real dangers in giving birth in 21st century in an developed country ~ Part 1
Part 1 (of 2) 01-28-2020 Prologue: How 19th-century obstetrical thinking still dominates childbirth practices in the United States Why understanding the history of obstetrics is the first step in creating a 21st-century maternity care system for healthy women based on the principles of physiological support for normal childbirth The Basic Problem: Misplaced fear, lack of… Continue reading Identifying the real dangers in giving birth in 21st century in an developed country ~ Part 1
Brave New World: American midwives & obstetricians finally on the same (winning!) team ~ How, What, When & Why
GOOD NEWS! I am extreame encouraged by the recent and unexpected turn of event in the political saga between ACOG and Ca LMs. ACOG’s two newest Committee Opinions on PHB (#669) and a pregnant woman’s right to refuse medical recommendations (#664) are an answer to our prayers. Clearly, these ACOG policy statements are nothing less than… Continue reading Brave New World: American midwives & obstetricians finally on the same (winning!) team ~ How, What, When & Why
ACOG’s Committee Opinion #669 ~ Planned & Professionally-attended Home Birth
Here is a link to ACOG Comm-Opin#669_PHB_Aug2016 — the obstetrical profession’s most recent, and in my opinion, most ‘honest’ statement about professionally-attended and planned OOH childbirth. ACOG’s new opinion lists both pros and cons, which is a first. Many of the studies that the authors used were seriously flawed — for example data from Pang 2002 study and Wax… Continue reading ACOG’s Committee Opinion #669 ~ Planned & Professionally-attended Home Birth
CCM: Clarifying Definition of a Midwife-attended “Planned Home Birth”
California College of Midwives Standards & Guidelines ~ Section Four ~ October 2004 A Clarifying & Statistically-relevant Definition of a Midwife-attended “Planned Home Birth” for practical, political, policy purposes A professionally-attended and planned home birth with a licensed midwife is intentional –– that is, a thoughtful and informed decision mutually made by the parents and… Continue reading CCM: Clarifying Definition of a Midwife-attended “Planned Home Birth”