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
Stay Home as Long as You Can
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
YOU Choose Your Provider
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
Educate – Educate – Educate
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
Birth Power
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