“She was accused of being too posh to push, like many a celebrity mother before her.

But Christina Aguilera has revealed the real reason why she had her son by Max by Caesarean section.

The singer admitted that she was terrified of giving birth naturally.

Miss Aguilera told Hello! magazine: “I’d heard horror stories about tearing. I really wanted a calm and peaceful environment. I didn’t want any surprises.”

I believe what our society is truly suffering from is an unclear set of definitions around birth. Go to this thread at Mothering to read some amazing stories about vaginal birth trauma and what the various mothers did to heal it.
“Naturally” as defined by Christina has come to mean anything not related to a C-section.
This would include multiple layers of Birth Rape and Vaginal Cesarean, plus the “managed” directing of second stage (pushing).

Continue reading “I can’t really say that I blame her….Aguilera chooses C-section for her son Max” →

ICAN has a new web site, and they put this video on the home page. Really Inspiring!

A new bit of Holy Writ was recently penned by the enlightened ones at The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Rixa has a nice round up of the various responses in the sphere to this little epistle.
My response?
YAWN…….ZZZZZZzzzzzzz……..
Jenny Hatch

Pushed Birth has an overview of the push for midwives movement.

“Nevermind that you haven’t heard the candidates debating a woman’s “right to choose” where, how, and with whom she gives birth. Activists are thrusting the issue onto the political agenda anyway, from all sides of the ideological spectrum. Last week in Chicago, a nonpartisan coalition of consumer advocates launched The Big Push for Midwives campaign to license certified professional midwives in every state. Currently these trained midwives, whose competency in caring for normal birth is supported by rigorous study, cannot obtain a license in several states, which forces them to practice underground, which isn’t good for anybody.”

More about this new campaign at the National Birth Policy Coalition

Continue reading “Pushed Birth: Push for Midwives, Fearful Interns, and A Mormon Blessingway” →

Lynn Griesemer was on the radio this past week. Go Listen to the pod cast hosted here!
8 Important questions for Expectant Mothers to ask.

Continue reading “Lynn Griesemer on the Radio Mom Show!” →