Consumer Reports: Top 10 Pregnancy Procedures to Reject

I just received this in an email today from the Green Bambino gang and thought it was worth sharing...

Consumer Reports recently published a great article about procedures that are commonly overused during pregnancy. The article is well-researched, well-written, and very balanced.  They say:

But another key reason appears to be a health-care system that has developed into a highly profitable labor-and-delivery machine, operating according to its own timetable rather than the less predictable schedule of mothers and babies. Childbirth is the leading reason for hospital admission, and the system is set up to make the most of the opportunity. Keeping things chugging along are technological interventions that can be lifesaving in some situations but also interfere with healthy, natural processes and increase risk when used inappropriately.

To read the full article, click below:

Top 10 Pregnancy Procedures to Reject - Consumer Reports