Pregnancy and Birth

  • With Tragedy, the Rest is Distraction

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    This morning I was brought silent. What is tragedy is also now a lawsuit. And the impetus for a new piece of state legislation. A mother giving birth a couple of weeks ago has become an advocate for reform, but not the kind of reform that would bring back her son or protect someone else’s…

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  • No More “Delivering” Babies

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    In our normal lives (in other words, outside of childbirth), the word delivery speaks of a relationship. Specifically the mail carrier delivers the mail.  Or the pizza guy delivers your pizza.  Or the stork delivers babies to the doorstep. Our relationship to the word ‘delivery’ is actually the relationship.  Delivery isn’t so much about an…

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