American College of  Community Midwives
Maternity Care2.0   ~ Political Information ~		Common Sense   Childbirth  Healthy Women in  the 21st Century
Open this document first     Maternity Care2.0	Physiological Management Normal Labor & Birth  Defined  published 2001	Childbirth Declaration   of Independence published 2006
The History of Midwifery  ~ Ancient to Present   published 2005	♥ September 11, 2004   ~ Faith's Letter to  Medical Board of California  ~ Political Background      #2	The Official Plan to Eliminate  the Midwife  in the US ~1900-1930  published1998
The Historical Move to Re-define Childbirth as a Surgical Procedure in the Early 20th Century published 2003	published 1881  Edinburgh Obstetrical Society    Historical Text on the systematic use of antiseptics  in midwifery  & obstetrical  practice	Common Sense & Semmelweis   ~ Political History of Birth  as a Surgical Procedure published 2006     #3
The Myth of the Ideal Cesarean Rate:    Commentary & Historic Perspective            Ronald M.  Cyr,  MD                   AJOG  ~ 2006  Excerpt & Link 2006	"... The hallmark of obstetrical quality is the prevention  of the rare disaster rather than the optimal conduct   of the many normal cases"    Dr. Brody 1981	Cesarean Section  Delivery Rates and  Pregnancy Outcomes:  2005 WHO Global Survey  in Latin America ~ Lancet
History of Cesarean Section ~ A Brief History  by Robert E. Berg, M.D (National Library of Medicine)	An exploration of the issues  & a plan for rehabilitating obstetrical care for  healthy women  CEO White Paper 2004	'maternal choice cesarean'   as the new "normal" birth  www.electivecaesarean.com
Full Text~ 130 page book 1914 Twilight Sleep -- a Simple Account of the New Discoveries in Painless Childbirth ~ written by Dr Henry Smith Williams, MD	The Expectant Mother ~ The Mother and Her Child By William S. Sadler & Lena K. Sadler, M.D. ~ 1924 Written for lay public & published in Women's magazines (1) Pregnancy including advice to never use the services of a midwife (2) Childbirth includes Twilight Sleep, other anesthetics (3) Newborn  care and development (4) Infant Feeding ~ Breast and Bottle
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STERILE TABLE SET UP FOR NORMAL CHILDBIRTH
AS A SURGICAL PROCEDURE