Part 2: Risk of Primary and Repeat Cesareans and the Unintended Consequences of VBAC bans by hospitals and obstetrical groups As discussed in part 1, hospitals and obstetricians attribute policies banning VBAC to their concerns over possible lawsuits. Viewed from this perspective, there may be a legitimate economic reasons for hospitals and obstetrical practices to… Continue reading VBAC Position Statement: Part 2 ~ Cesarean rates & risks; availability of VBAC
Category: Political Controversies
VBAC Position Statement, part 1 ~ Ca LMs and Overview of VBAC Controversies
The VBAC Controversy and Ca LMs Part 1 ~ VBAC in California ~ Access-to-Care & Denial-of-Service Issues Adapted and expanded upon from Jan Kemal’s VBAC article posted on the Science & Sensibility website http://www.scienceandsensibility.org/?s=vbac Introduction: Cesarean section is the single most frequently performed major surgery in the world today. The CS rate in the US, which is… Continue reading VBAC Position Statement, part 1 ~ Ca LMs and Overview of VBAC Controversies
CCM Preamble to VBAC statement ~ Part 2: the obstetricalization of normal maternity care
Click here to read Part 1 ~ How the maternity care system (care for healthy childbearing women) in the US originally became illogical Part 2 ~ Obstetrical management of normal childbirth ~ 1910-1980 By 1910, the ‘standard of care’ for normal childbirth as defined by the new surgical discipline of obstetrics and gynecology was (no surprise!) an… Continue reading CCM Preamble to VBAC statement ~ Part 2: the obstetricalization of normal maternity care
CCM Preamble to VBAC Statement: Part 1 ~ High CS rate & 50% hospitals ban VBACs: symptoms of an irrational maternity care system
This is a preamble to the California College of Midwives’ formal statement on VBAC. The high-profile need for VBAC services is a direct result of the high CS rate in the United States. VBAC has become particularly controversial because 50% of California hospitals ban VBACs; a large proportion of obstetrical practices refuse to provide obstetrical care for a normal vaginal birth after a… Continue reading CCM Preamble to VBAC Statement: Part 1 ~ High CS rate & 50% hospitals ban VBACs: symptoms of an irrational maternity care system
Viva La EVIDENCE! ~ an extraordinary YouTube video on EBM made by an Canadian physician
Letter to Dr Fantozzi, Chair, Midwifery Committee Medical Board of California / DOL
Dr Fantozzi, Chair, Midwifery Committee Medical Board of California / DOL 1426 Howe Ave Suite 54 Sacramento, Ca 94303 916 / 263-2365 California College of Midwives 3889 Middlefield Road Palo Alto, Ca 94303 June… Continue reading Letter to Dr Fantozzi, Chair, Midwifery Committee Medical Board of California / DOL
My letter to Dr. Fantozzi, MD, Board member & Chair of the Midwifery Task
California College Of Midwives {Work-n-Progress as original file incompatible with WordPress — changes all apostrophes to questions marks “?”} February 10, 2003 TO: Dr Fantozzi, MD; Midwifery Task Force, Member – MBC RE: Our organization’s official opposition to the MBC’s currently proposed midwifery Standard of Care (per SB 1950, Figueroa, 2002) Other members of the… Continue reading My letter to Dr. Fantozzi, MD, Board member & Chair of the Midwifery Task