The gentlebirth.org website is provided courtesy of
Ronnie Falcao, LM MS,
a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
The gentlebirth.org website is provided courtesy of
Ronnie Falcao, LM MS,
a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
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Orgasmic Birth -- the documentary! ABC's 20/20 will be airing a segment about Orgasmic Birth on May
16th for their special Mother's Day show.
Interviews with Christiane Northrup, MD, Ina May Gaskin, MA, CPM, Sarah J Buckley, MD, Marsden Wagner, MD Joyous, sensuous and revolutionary, this pioneering film will compel many to reexamine their perceptions about childbirth. Viewers will understand how the use of normal, undisturbed birthing methods can aid the health and well-being of future generations. |
This web page is a little bit tongue-in-cheek, because, from time-to-time,
I see a study that makes me think that genetics is no longer being taught
in med. schools. So I'm collecting relevant links here:
US-born Indian women have small babies [Source: The Journal of Pediatrics 2006, pre-release 4/5/06] - Investigating whether the tendency of Indian immigrants to have small babies is mirrored in their daughters, despite their living in the USA.
"Asian-Indian women born in the USA deliver more low-birth-weight babies than their Mexican-American peers, despite having fewer risk factors, US researchers reveal. " . . . "Attempting to explain their results, Madan and colleagues speculate that maternal birth weight, stress, attitudes toward pregnancy and family support may influence fetal growth." Oh, gee, I don't know, what else could it be . . .? Maybe the paternal birth weight is also a factor! In fact, maybe the parental heights and parental weights and even the baby's length are factors! Oh, gosh, you don't think it could be genetic, do you? NO . . . medicine teaches us that NORMAL means "equal to the norm", right? WRONG!
Sociocultural
factors that affect pregnancy outcomes in two dissimilar immigrant groups
in the United States.
Madan A, Palaniappan L, Urizar G, Wang Y, Fortmann SP, Gould JB.
J Pediatr. 2006 Mar;148(3):341-6.
CONCLUSIONS: Perinatal outcomes deteriorate in U.S.-born Mexican women.
In contrast, the paradoxically increased incidence of LBW persists in U.S.-born
Asian-Indian women. Further research is needed to identify the social and
biologic determinants of perinatal outcome. [Ed: Maybe they should start
with some really basic research, such as showing that newborn weights are
directly affected by the size of their parents! It's called genetics!]
I'm saving this spot for research that will surely come if the above
trend continues. It will be about something really, really silly,
such as, "Caucasians continue to have lighter skin, even after moving to
Africa," or, even worse, "Study shows that children of French parents are
more likely to speak French." Do you think that's too ridiculous?
Oh, ye of little faith . . .
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