Fairly regularly you’ll hear someone tell a birth story that includes the dramatic climax “And the cord was wrapped around her neck!” Or there’s the many cesareans that turned out to be necessary because “The cord was around his neck TWICE!” Cord wrapping is very common. Some babies are born with the cord wrapped all […]
Freedom for birth (review)
Yesterday I was at the premiere of the wonderful and much-needed new documentary Freedom for Birth. The film is about the abuse of human rights inflicted on childbearing women around the world. It featured interviews from a number of high-profile professionals in the birth field (Ina May Gaskin, Michael Odent, Sheila Kitzinger–who, might I add, […]
