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American College 
of  
Community Midwives
 

 

Maternity
Care
2.0

 ~

Common Sense 
 Childbirth for
 Healthy Women in
 the 21st Century 

Maternty Care2.0 

     Start Here #1 


Physiological Management Normal Labor & Birth 
Defined 
published 2001

  Childbirth Declaration
  of Independence

published 2006

The History of Midwifery 
~ Ancient to Present  
published 2005

 September 11, 2004  
~ Faith's Letter to 
Medical Board of California 
~ Political Background      #2

The Official Plan to Eliminate  the Midwife 
in the US ~1900-1930 
published1998 

The Historical Move to Re-define Childbirth as 
a Surgical Procedure
in the Early 20th Century
                          published 2003

published 1881
 Edinburgh Obstetrical Society   
Historical Text on the systematic use of antiseptics  in midwifery 
& obstetrical  practice

Common Sense & Semmelweis  
~ Political History of Birth 
as a Surgical Procedure

published 2006     #3

The Myth of the Ideal Cesarean Rate:   
Commentary & Historic Perspective
 
         
Ronald M.  Cyr,  MD                   AJOG  ~ 2006 
Excerpt & Link 2006

"... The hallmark of obstetrical quality is the prevention 
of the rare disaster rather than the optimal conduct
 
of the many normal cases"   

Dr. Brody 1981

Cesarean Section 
Delivery Rates and 
Pregnancy Outcomes: 

2005 WHO Global Survey 
in Latin America ~ Lancet

History of Cesarean Section ~ A Brief History  by Robert E. Berg, M.D (National Library of Medicine)

An exploration of the issues 
& a plan for rehabilitating obstetrical care for 
healthy women 

CEO White Paper 2004

'maternal choice cesarean'  
as the new "normal" birth 
www.electivecaesarean.com 

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STERILE TABLE SET UP FOR NORMAL CHILDBIRTH
AS A SURGICAL PROCEDURE