Pushed Pushed

Pushed

The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care

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Publisher Description

In the United States, more than half the women who give birth are given drugs to induce or speed up labor; for nearly a third of mothers, childbirth is major surgery -- the cesarean section. For women who want an alternative, choice is often unavailable: Midwives are sometimes inaccessible; in eleven states they are illegal. In one of those states, even birthing centers are outlawed.When did birth become an emergency instead of an emergence? Since when is normal, physiological birth a crime? A groundbreaking journalistic narrative, Pushed presents the complete picture of maternity care in America. Crisscrossing the country to report what women really experience during childbirth, Jennifer Block witnessed several births - from a planned cesarean to an underground home birth. Against this backdrop, Block investigates whether routine C-sections, inductions, and epidurals equal medical progress. She examines childbirth as a reproductive rights issue: Do women have the right to an optimal birth experience? If so, is that right being upheld? Block's research and experience reveal in vivid detail that while emergency obstetric care is essential, there is compelling evidence that we are overusing medical technology at the expense of maternal and infant health: Either women's bodies are failing, or the system is failing women.

GENRE
Health, Mind & Body
RELEASED
2007
September 10
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Grand Central Publishing
SELLER
Hachette Digital, Inc.
SIZE
1.2
MB

Customer Reviews

Emily Lena s ,

Alters the way you see women’s rights

This book was life changing for a young woman who has never given birth. This is a book on woman’s rights. This book may be the very inspiration that pushes me to become a midwife. I would recommend this book to any woman, and I can’t imagine giving birth without asking the father of my future children to read it as well. Must know information is here. Thank you Jennifer!!

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