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Chicago Area Hospital C-Section Rates

August 5, 2016 By Jo Anne Lindberg

c-section rates

When I first heard the about the high c-section rates there was a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. I had heard that in some facilities mothers had reported that most women had had c-sections the night they were having their baby. One of our … [Read more...] about Chicago Area Hospital C-Section Rates

Filed Under: Childbirth Choices, Decision Making, Midwives Tagged With: birth options, c-section rates, childbirth choices

Stay Home as Long as You Can

October 24, 2014 By Jo Anne Lindberg

by Jill Gliha, BirthLink Board Member Part Four of a Six Part Series - Empowering Hospital Birth When at home you are comfortable. You can sleep. You can eat. You can shower. You can poop.  You can walk around etc. etc. etc.  Your body and it's … [Read more...] about Stay Home as Long as You Can

Filed Under: Childbirth Choices, Decision Making, Self Determination, Trusting Yourself Tagged With: birth options, childbirth choices, choosing a midwife

YOU Choose Your Provider

October 8, 2014 By Jo Anne Lindberg

by Jill Gliha, BirthLink Board Member Part Three of a Six Part Series Women shop around for just about everything!  We will switch hairdressers in a hot minute or call to complain when we receive less than stellar service, or immediately take a … [Read more...] about YOU Choose Your Provider

Filed Under: Adult Health, Childbirth Choices, Communication, Decision Making, Self Determination, Trusting Yourself Tagged With: birth options, childbirth choices, trusting yourself

Educate – Educate – Educate

September 30, 2014 By Jo Anne Lindberg

by Jill Gliha, BirthLink Board Member Part Two of a Six Part Series Read, no devour as much information as you can about NATURAL birth, UNDISTURBED birth, how your body and baby work together all on their own.  This excludes the book the hospital … [Read more...] about Educate – Educate – Educate

Filed Under: Childbirth Choices, Decision Making, Trusting Yourself Tagged With: birth options, childbirth choices

Birth Power

July 2, 2014 By Jo Anne Lindberg

During the birth process we see many interventions being used routinely even though they often don’t have a grounding in evidence based medicine. Recently it has been brought to my attention that a doula can be an intervention! How could this be? The … [Read more...] about Birth Power

Filed Under: Child Health, Childbirth Choices, Decision Making, Trusting Yourself Tagged With: Child Health, childbirth choices, decision making, trusting yourself

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