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My children's births have augmented my sense of personal power and

the awesomeness of Nature and freedom. 

-- Esther Gallagher, doula, mother, activist

A pregnant woman’s pleas not to have an unnecessary caesarean are being ignored by Page Hospital administrators. Joy Szabo, 32, said she is upset with Page Hospital’s general ruling in June prohibiting vaginal births after cesareans (VBAC). The mother of three children, she has given birth to all of her children at Page Hospital, the only [...]

The National Health Service (NHS) Institute for Innovation and Improvement recently released a new initiative and toolkit to "to assist maternity units in achieving low caesarean section rates while maintaining safe outcomes for mothers and babies."


According to this article, after only 18 months, c-section rates dropped from 24% in 2007 to a mere 16% in November 2008.


The idea of a 16% c-section rate is the US seems like a dream. That is ...

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