Traditional birth attendants provide the majority of care to women in Sierra Leone. But despite the fact that the country has less than 80 professional midwives and only six obstetricians the government in Sierra Leone has banned them from practising their craft. The argument goes that because traditional birth attendants do not have knowledge of ...
Doctors in Sweden have developed a test that can predict which women will need a cesarean section and which won’t.
With all this talk about how natural births are easier for the mother because there are less invasive procedures, we seem to have lost sight of how medicine can actually help us. An obstetrics journal just published a study of 400 women that shows how epidurals are helpful during birth and reduce some of the ...
Another medical group has said that women should not have the right to home birth in certain circumstances. There is so much condescension among doctors towards pregnant women I have to wonder where it will all end. Will they be caged like animals and monitored by nicotine and alcohol bracelets like criminals? The Lancet, a ...
Choosing to give birth at home is often considered dangerous because of the problems that might arise. But many women want to avoid unnecessary medical interventions and be in an environment where they feel they have control. But do they really have control? And is it really a safe option? There have been few studies into ...
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