
The Doula Effect On Austin Hospital Births
Popping The Question What many people should know when they are making their first decisions about pregnancy and birth is asking for their hospital AND care provider's statistics on their cesarean rates for first-time, low-risk (no pre-existing conditions, head down baby, carried to term). Hospital statistics aren't necessarily indicative of how the group you've chosen practices as some providers can either drive those statistics way up, or way down. For example, Hospital A c


Predatory Journals & Birth
"This matters because scientific publishers are companies selling a product, and the product is peer review. True, they also publish papers (electronically in the case of these journals), but if you just wanted to publish something electronically, you could do that yourself for free. Preprint archives, blogs, your own website – it’s easy to get something on the internet." - Neuroskeptic, Discovery Magazine Predatory journals A couple of weeks ago, a science blogger for Discov