It’s always enlightening to get a copy of your medical records, specifically the records related to your child’s vaginal birth/cesarean section.  Often, women who are told that they needed a cesarean because their baby was in distress, find that the medical records do not reflect that diagnosis.  Moms frequently find that the “valid medical reason” [...]

Want to know if your doctor has been subject to a board hearing or disciplinary note? 
Here is a link to the State Board sites for all 50 states.

Here’s a great opportunity for outreach.  What do you wish you knew before childbirth?  How was childbirth different than what you had heard from friends and relatives?  What surprised you?  What did you learn about birth or yourself?
Tell us about childbirth
Daily Record/Sunday News
Article Last Updated: 04/11/2008 11:44:04 PM EDT
We’d like to know what nobody tells [...]

I recently found a fantastic website called The Mommy Blawg that chronicles the intersection of mommyhood and the law.  Her latest post discusses recent midwifery legislation in Alabama, Idaho, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, and South Dakota.
She links to another great website: “The Big Push For Midwives, launched on January 24, is a [...]

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about how I was recovering from the flu and tandem nursing my almost 4 year old daughter & 3 month old son so they wouldn’t get sick.  I wondered if my kids would get this awful flu.
Well, it’s been 2 1/2 weeks since I got sick and while I [...]