The gentlebirth.org website is provided courtesy of
Ronnie Falcao, LM MS,
a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
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Support the inclusion of Certified Professional Midwives in Medicaid and health care reform. Where's the Birth Plan? by Jennifer Block - Midwifery-style care saves money and provides excellence for the new family--a great two for one proposal! She clearly points out how the more humane style of care provided by midwives not only saves money, but also saves lives. A new economic analysis forecasts savings of $9.1 billion per year if 10 percent of women planned to deliver out of hospital with midwives. The
Debate on Healthcare Policy Reform by Faith Gibson, a healthcare historian
and policy theoretician
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This is a new page, and I hope it will blossom and be fruitful.
Studies
Show That Acupuncture Decreases Caesarean Rates [10/9/09]
This excellent review of acupuncture research is from Harmony Acupuncture in the San Jose, CA, area.
The
Beautiful Baby Point - Acupuncture For a Healthy Baby by Diane
Joswick, L.Ac.
Oriental Medicine and Pregnancy By Marc Sklar, LAc - Acupuncture can help alleviate the symptoms that sometimes appear with pregnancy.
Conditions Treated During Pregnancy
Association of
Perinatal Naturopathic Doctors (APND)
acubriefs.com offers
a search of their newsletter archives.
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