TAG: childbirth

American Childbirth: Human Rights Failure?

Ginger Garner, Guest Waking Times United Nations data shows that between 1990 and 2008, the United States maternal mortality rate nearly doubled, while the overwhelming majority of countries collectively decreased their rates by 34% (Coeytauz et al 2011). We have a right to criticize the shameful state of American maternal care when more money is

Re-Programming Our Fear of Natural Childbirth

Tricia Villanueva Waking Times The gateway to my awakening was a drug trip so ethereal… I promise you reader, the trip matters. It began without my realizing it. I find myself in deep meditation. No time, no space, I simply float. Afternoon grows into night; I’m simply being. Four hours in, my husband rushes me


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