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A 2009 study called Social disparity and the use of intrapartum epidural analgesia in a publicly funded health care system by Ning Liu MB, MSc et al concluded that in Canada “the use of labor epidural analgesia is decreased with decreasing neighborhood economic and education levels.” Or, in plain language: rich highly educated women are [...]
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Would you give birth here?
In other words…
Because Physicians at Aspen Women’s Center care only about doing things their own way and making as much money as possible from unnecessary birth interventions, even if it poses greater risks to the welfare and health your baby, we will not participate in a “Birth Contract”, a doula-assisted, or [...]
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Where is the safest place to give birth?
If you are at a low risk of complications, then a midwife assisted home birth is your best bet according to a new Canadian study by Dr. Patrician Janssen from the University of British Columbia.
Better outcome for the infant
According to the CBC, the study [...]
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Due to a variety of very odd geopolitical realities and bureaucratic idiocies I chose to have my baby delivered by an obstetrician in a hospital. I knew going into it that my choice of birth setting and birth attendant meant that my chances of having a natural birth were significantly lowered. But I was committed [...]
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I take offense to being called pushy. So I already had my panties in a knot before I got passed the by-line on Katrina Onstad’s article in Chatelaine about birth plans.
Don’t be so pushy
Making a “birth plan” is about more than being prepared. It is about being in control. Here’s why letting go of all [...]
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