Why do breastfeeding advocates continue to put their precious babies’ lives at risk by bed-sharing? Why do they ignore the fact that 9 out of 10 SIDS deaths could be prevented if bed-sharing were eliminated? Why do they dismiss the scientific data and the exhortations of pediatricians in favor of anthropology nonsense like “The Safe […]
In the wake of a leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that seeks to eviscerate abortion rights, it’s worth asking: Is there anything more hypocritical than a reactionary Republican Party — that revels in cruelty and violence against its perceived enemies — claiming that their opposition to abortion rights stems from a respect for […]
Kegel exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor are widely recommended as a panacea as well as a preventive for female pelvic organ prolapse and or incontinence. What are kegel exercises? They are basically just repeated clenching of the muscles of the pelvic floor (the same muscles you use to stop the flow of urine in […]
Yesterday I wrote about uterine prolapse. When the muscles of the pelvic floor are are stretched or torn by childbirth, the uterus can slip down into the vagina. This can distort the relationship between the sphincter that controls release of urine from the bladder into the urethra leading to stress urinary incontinence. But the uterus […]
FullSizeRender We need to speak more honestly about the risks of childbirth. Vaginal birth can lead to a lifetime of serious, embarrassing and life altering problems. Uterine prolapse, with or without incontinence, is an entirely natural consequence of an entirely natural vaginal birth. What is uterine prolapse? As the animation above demonstrates, uterine prolapse is […]
Despite ubiquitous recommendations to breastfeed and notwithstanding sincere intention to breastfeed, women often quit for two common reasons: not enough breastmilk and too much pain while breastfeeding. For decades we’ve done nothing about either problem for the simple reason that lactation professionals have engaged in a massive campaign of denial. The most cherished article of […]
Today comes news that Sheffield maternity services have been rated as inadequate. This follows on the heels of the Ockenden Report that revealed the preventable deaths of hundreds of babies, and comes nearly seven years after the Morecambe Bay Report about the preventable deaths of babies and mothers. How did this happen? The proximate cause […]
UK midwifery is a cult. Don’t believe me? Consider Caroline Flint, former President of the Royal College of Midwives, previously found guilty of serious professional misconduct. A FORMER president of the Royal College of Midwives was found guilty of serious professional misconduct yesterday after she mishandled the delivery of a breech birth which left the […]
UK midwives love to claim they are the “guardians of normal birth.” Type “guardians of normal birth” into Google and you get page after page of midwives declaring their commitment to a specific vision of birth. I’m not sure why they boast because it’s actually an unwitting indictment of the moral rot at the heart […]
Ideas have consequences. Bad ideas about childbirth have deadly consequences. If you want to understand what went wrong with UK midwifery, read what midwives have written and said: 1. Royal College of Midwives (2006): “Louise Silverton, the RCM’s deputy general secretary, said it was the responsibility of midwives to encourage women to have a more […]
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, Push Back: Guilt in the Age of Natural Parenting (HarperCollins) was published in 2016. She can be reached at DrAmy5 at aol dot com... More
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