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Hey mama!
I wanted to share a bit more about the Trust Birth Conference

I’m super duper excited and hope you are too…;o)

This was sent to me from Carla Hartley who is putting on the whole Shebang (CAUTION! if you’re pregnant, or otherwise overly sensitive to yucky details and horrific outcomes, please don’t read the stories below…suffice it to say, please birth at home ;o) :

Look at these and then say to yourself: Birth is Safe; Interference is Risky

*Top 5 Most Underreported Birth Stories of 2007 *

*A year-end review brought to you by www.nowombpods.blogspot.com*

5. *An Orlando mother goes into hospital to give birth and leaves without
her arms or legs.*

(http://www.wftv.com/news/6253589/detail.html

The birth for this mother was smooth. It’s what happened afterwards that
left her unable to hold or care for her newborn.* *Claudia Mejia went into a
hospital to give birth but when she left the hospital, her arms and legs
stayed behind. She is now a quadruple amputee and the hospital refuses to
tell her why. She was told she had streptococcus and toxic shock syndrome
but the hospital will not tell her how she contracted them. It is unlikely
Ms. Mejia would have contracted the illnesses had her baby been born at
home. **

4. *A Florida woman dies following induction of labor.*

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/05/19/news_pf/Tampabay/Why_she_died_a_puzzle.shtml

Caroline Wiren was a young, healthy mother who was excited by the upcoming
birth of her child. She touched his head, told her mother to tell the baby
that she loved him, and then she was gone. Mrs. Wiren had her labor induced
just seven days past her baby’s due date, even though it is common for a
woman’s first child to be born as much as two weeks after the given due
date.

According to http://www.medpagetoday.com/OBGYN/Pregnancy/dh/4334 one possible complication of induction of labor is amniotic-fluid embolism,
which can lead to death.

3. *Two New Jersey women die just days apart following their cesarean surgeries.*

http://www.nownj.org/njnews/2007/0518%20Moms%20decry%20high%20N.J.%20C-section%20rate.htm
Two young, healthy mothers entered a hospital in New Jersey to give birth to
their babies. Both had cesareans and both were dead within days. The mothers
leave behind two beautiful, absolutely healthy baby girls. This raises the
question: then why the surgery?

2. *The most updated birth data from the CDC shows that the cesarean rate in
the United States has risen to 31.1%. *

(http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr56/nvsr56_07.pdf )

This latest number (from 2006) represents a 10.4% increase from ten years
ago, and a 3% increase from the previous year. The report also indicates
that the percentage of low birthweight babies and preterm babies is on the
rise. Consumer Reports names the cesarean as one of the 10 most overused
tests and treatments (
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/health-fitness/health-care/medical-ripoffs-11-07/10-overused-tests-and-treatments/medical-ripoffs-ten-over_1.htm ).

For more information on cesarean awareness and prevention, please visit
www.icanonline.org

1. *United States** ranks among lowest of developed nations in terms of
newborn death rates*. (http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/parenting/05/08/mothers.index/index.html )**

According to Save the Children researchers, infants in the United States are
more than three times as likely to die within their first 24 hours as
infants in born in Japan. The United States has the second highest IMR
(infant mortality rate) in the developed world. Latvia is the only developed
country with a higher IMR than the U.S.
Compiled by Gloria Lemay, Vancouver BC
Speaking at the Trust Birth Conference in Redondo Beach CA on Mar 7-9, 2007
www.trustbirthconference.com
Teaching on the internet at www.consciouswoman.org