Why have midwives hit out with such vehemence at the ARRIVE Trial that found elective induction at 39 weeks lowers the risk of C-section? Because they recognize that this represents a crossroads for contemporary midwifery. The foundation of contemporary midwifery is: 1. The belief that childbirth interventions inevitably lead to more interventions, often culminating in […]
When my boys were small and were angry with me, they would respond with what they considered a devastating insult: “You are a poopy-head.” Needless to say, it rarely produced the desired response. Instead I laughed. I was reminded of that when I came across Milli Hill’s latest tweet berating loss father James Titcombe: [S]ince […]
There’s one pregnancy intervention that everyone — midwives, doulas, childbirth educators, obstetricians — can agree on: promoting optimal nutrition. We encourage women to get all the calories necessary to grow a baby as well as the full daily requirement of vitamins and minerals. We assume that will improve pregnancy outcomes by improving the health of […]
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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