I have not forgotten about Gavin Michael and our efforts to hold midwives Christy Collins and Jan Tritten accountable for the preventable tragedy of his death. I have been in ...
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Wait, what? The “unreliable” CDC homebirth data is suddenly reliable?
I am not a shy and retiring person. Indeed, my aggressive online ...
Who has the greater incentive to lie about deaths at homebirth, obstetricians or midwives?
Follow the money! At first glance, it appears that this is one ...
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Homebirth midwives and the art of emotional manipulation
I have not forgotten about Gavin Michael and our efforts to hold midwives Christy Collins and Jan Tritten accountable for the preventable tragedy of his death. I have been in correspondence with his parents and they are currently determining how best to proceed. It may take some time, especially since they are still reeling from [...]
Jan Tritten’s Birth Page: to the frontier of homebirth idiocy and beyond!
If you are searching for evidence of the ignorance and incompetence of homebirth midwives and homebirth advocates, you really can’t beat Jan Tritten’s Birth Page on Facebook. Jan’s done some editing on the page lately, what with the scandal surrounding her decision to crowd source a life and death situation on her personal Facebook page [...]
The only degree a homebirth midwife needs is a high school diploma? Seriously?
Midwifery Today posted the following query on its Facebook page: In case you can’t make out the text in the image: I am looking into becoming a CPM soon so I was just curious if you guys had any recommendations on schooling?! I am a stay at home mom located in Oklahoma so I was [...]
Can women be skeptics?
It’s hardly news that the skeptic community is dominated by men. Part of the reason is pure, old fashioned gender discrimination and harassment. Apparently some male skeptics feel threatened by women and want to frighten and harm them. Then there’s basic sexism. For example, the aptly name Anonymous Coward has this to say on a [...]
Wait, what? The “unreliable” CDC homebirth data is suddenly reliable?
I am not a shy and retiring person. Indeed, my aggressive online persona is the subject of frequent comments of the web (“Dr. Amy is so meen!”) But when it comes to brazeness, professional homebirth advocates leave me in the shade. You have to be pretty brazen to tell a bald faced lie and then [...]
Who has the greater incentive to lie about deaths at homebirth, obstetricians or midwives?
Follow the money! At first glance, it appears that this is one of the most persuasive arguments marshaled by homebirth advocates. Obstetricians supposedly oppose homebirth because it represents a loss of income. They supposedly lie about the risk that the baby will die at homebirth for no better reason than to preserve their profits. This [...]
In memory of Gavin Michael
Early today I received an email from the grandfather of the baby who died after Jan Tritten, Editor of Midwifery Today, and Christy Collins, CPM, the homebirth midwife caring for his mother, crowd sourced a life and death decision on Facebook. While Tritten and her Facebook friends were pondering his dire condition, Gavin died. After [...]
No, the new PLOS study does NOT show that C-sections cause obesity
What would you say if I told you that a study was just published that showed that visiting Weight Watchers causes obesity? The authors looked at more than 150,000 people across multiple states and found that those who visited Weight Watchers were 25% more likely to be obese. This relationship was true for all subgroups: [...]
How homebirth midwives respond to a baby’s death
If you needed any more evidence that homebirth midwives (CPMs, LMs, DEMs) are not medical professionals, compare the way that they respond to the death of a term baby with the way that real medical professionals respond. For doctors and certified nurse midwives (CNMs) there would be a lot of soul searching both informal and [...]
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Amy Tuteur, MD
Dr. Amy Tuteur is an obstetrician gynecologist. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard College in 1979 and her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine in 1984. Dr. Tuteur is a former clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School. She left the practice of medicine to raise her four children. Her book, How Your Baby Is Born, an illustrated guide to pregnancy, labor and delivery was published by Ziff-Davis Press in 1994. She can be reached at DrAmy5 at aol dot com.
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