
Welcome to DR. STU'S BLOG. Along with my podcast at www.drstuspodcast.com it is here that I post my thoughts on a variety of topics on the birthing world. Advocacy for true informed consent and respect for individual autonomy are the basis for the musings you will read here. I hope you enjoy while you learn and I encourage you to comment. Please check out www.birthinginstincts.com for information on home birthing with an obstetrician and my latest news and updates.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Good Feelings
I just left the new client meeting at The Sanctuary Birth & Wellness Center in Mar Vista, CA. It is so nice to enter a space where nurturing and collegiality are the rule. What a breath of fresh air. We meet every Thursday afternoon to introduce the Center and its staff and our philosophy to potential new clients. All topics of home and the new birthing center births are touched upon in an open forum of discussion and Q and A. It is a time to describe pregnancy care in the true midwifery model and the way it should be. I believe I am in a great position to observe and comment on the amazing differences in low risk pregnancy care between the two competing models of care available in the U.S. And I can safely say there is no comparison. Little by little the word about true informed consent and birth choices is spreading. Kudos to my colleagues for their passion and success in the dream and, once again, congratulations on the opening of the beautiful new Sanctuary Birth Center. The only one of its kind in Los Angeles. Dr. F
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ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/health/research/31birth.html?_r=3&emc=eta1
Dear Alicia & Ken, Thanks for this link. It really is appalling.Check out the new post concerning the San Francisco Chronicle article today. Dr. F
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