Wisdom and Births

Happy 3rd Annual Empowered Birth Awareness Week!!! September 2-9, 2013 http://www.birthpower.us/eba.html This is my second year blogging as Wisdom and Birth for Empowered Birth Awareness Week (EBAW) and I am SO happy to see the movement growing! Last year, for my first EBAW (which was actually the second annual EBAW, but the first one I was aware of!) I wrote a post about what you can do on Empowered Birth Awareness Week to spread the knowledge and advocate for better maternity care for mothers, babies, and families. You can read that post here . Empowered Birth Awareness Week is one week, at the beginning of September, in which we ALL can do something, no matter how big or small, to improve birth for women all around the world. Why do we need to improve birth for women in the U.S (and around the world)? Because WE CAN DO BETTER.   WE CAN DO BETTER than one out of every three babies being born surgically! WE CAN DO BETTER than two-thirds of women pushing on their backs! WE...

Empowered Birth Awareness Week is quickly approaching and I am continuing my efforts to draw attention to Evidence-Based Maternity Care and safe birth choices for all women. Birth is an event we all share. I have heard before, that the status of a country, government, or people can be judged off how they treat their most vulnerable, in this case the United States and the American people fare poorly in regards to how our mothers and infants are treated during Birth.   Our modern maternity care system has seen some positive changes, but there is still so much room for growth. Most importantly we need hospitals and Birth professionals to be accountable for the care they provide and women deserve Evidence-Based Care.The long-term effects of obstetrical interventions are finally being realized and we need to change the face of medically managed birth! EMPOWERED BIRTH AWARENESS WEEK is September 3rd-10th.  Here are a few ideas that you can do to support Evidence-Based Maternity Care...