Activist in Training: Mary D.
This week in our Biopsychology of Birth class, we discussed the tools used in labor and some of the birth fads that have come and gone (or stuck around). One of the topics we discussed was induction...
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In class on Tuesday we had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. B who is an OB/GYN in California. I have to admit that at first I expected her to have the same views of labor and birth as the typical...
View ArticleActivist in Training: Marie R. (post #2)
The Tour Group that Never Spoke Almost about two weeks ago today I took part in a tour of the mother/baby and Labor & Delivery rooms at Vassar hospital. As part of the total grade...
View ArticleActivist in Training: Kyle M. (post #2)
The cesarean section, like many modern medical procedures, has an important purpose that when used appropriately can save the life of a mother or that of her baby or both. That being said, there is no...
View ArticleAcitivist in Training: Marisa P. (post #2)
In our society today, it seems that obstetricians keep narrowing their definition of normal. They seem to jump at any opportunity they can to intervene with the normal process of birth. And with the...
View ArticleActivist in trainging: Zakiyah W. (post #2)
Take a look at the rooms…. don’t ask for the stats!! As part of our biopsychology of birth class, we were put into groups and sent out to different hospitals to collect information. Some of the...
View ArticleActivist in Training: Jacquelyn C. (post #2)
Have you ever played the game, Brick Breaker? The point of the game is to use your pod at the bottom of the screen to catch and bounce a ball back and forth to the top of the screen to break bricks....
View ArticleActivist in Training: Carolyn C. (post #2)
As the end of the semester approaches in my Bio Psych of Birth course, the question “What does normal birth mean to you?” arose. As I pondered what normal birth meant to me, I couldn’t help but wonder...
View ArticleActivist in Training: Sarah J. (post #2)
When I switched into the Biopsychology of Birth class, I was resistant and uneasy talking about birth. I didn’t even know my own birth story and I never thought to ask until this class. I had always...
View ArticleActivist in Training: Stephanie B. (post #2)
Before taking the class “biopsych of childbirth” I had never heard about a woman being able to have an orgasmic birth. After watching the movie and much discussion about the topic, I find it sad that...
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