From: Giving Birth Naturally
An OB of a very rare breed, a homebirth, VBAC and vaginal breech
supporter, Dr. Stuart Fischbein, who actively collaborates with
midwives, needs your help.He is currently being threatened with
disciplinary action by his hospital for, in essence, doing his job
to the very best of his ability: supporting informed consent and
evidence-based medicine. His practice maintained a primary
c-section rate of just 5% (as opposed to the hospital rate of 20%)
and a total rate of 12% (compared to 29% for the hospital rate).
Over the past few months, he has attended 3 vaginal breech birth
and 3 VBACs which all ended positively. The hospital has already
suspended the privileges of the two CNMs he works with, and he's
next on their list.To find out more about Dr. Fischbein's case and
how you can suppor...
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Homebirth-Friendly OB Needs Your Help
An OB of a very rare breed, a homebirth, VBAC and vaginal breech
supporter, Dr. Stuart Fischbein, who actively collaborates with
midwives, needs your help.He is currently being threatened with
disciplinary action by his hospital for, in essence, doing his job
to the very best of his ability: supporting informed consent and
evidence-based medicine. His practice maintained a primary
c-section rate of just 5% (as opposed to the hospital rate of 20%)
and a total rate of 12% (compared to 29% for the hospital rate).
Over the past few months, he has attended 3 vaginal breech birth
and 3 VBACs which all ended positively. The hospital has already
suspended the privileges of the two CNMs he works with, and he's
next on their list.To find out more about Dr. Fischbein's case and
how you can suppor...
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changing a local hospital's policy on midwives attending births. If
you live in the area (and even if you don't), please consider
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administrator to heighten awareness of the issue and hopefully
change hospital policy for the benefit of mothers and babies:My
wife and I are expecting our first in September. We are eager and
excited to work with a specific midwife/nurse practitioner who
works in a woman's health office near our home. This office is
connected with Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland. For
this reason, we can not work with our midwife during birth because
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aggressive when threatened.Their latest tactics include soliciting
failed homebirth stories, with or without negative outcomes, via
their website. It speaks volumes about their commitment to
impartial, evidence-based policies backed in rigorous research
evidence, doesn't it, that they aren't also asking for statistics
on successful homebirths. It's a one-sided petition that suits
their politics perfectly.From the ACOG site:Reporting of
Unsuccessful Attempts at Home Delivery with or without Adverse
ConsequencesIn 2006 there were 24,970 home deliveries reported in
the United States[1]. Obstetrician-gynecologists and other members
of the medical community may be faced with the presentation of an
obstetrical patient who has att...
