The Women’s Health Initiative, a series of randomized controlled trials begun in 1991, was supposed to be definitive in terms of the role hormone-replacement theory would play in managing the health of post-menopausal women. However, the WHI has yielded unexpected … Continue reading
And so we bid adieu to 2010, Birth Story’s first year of life. My Birth Story blog began on Jan. 3 of this year, and this is my 151st post, so I came very close to my goal of posting … Continue reading
Well, go figure. My very most popular post by far this year was one I wrote for Women’s History Month that had very little to do with the Birth Story per se. Anne Hutchinson at her trial My top post … Continue reading
Today is the American Thanksgiving, and I am counting my blessings, which are more numerous than these turkeys. As always, I am grateful to be here for another Thanksgiving. Maeve and I could so easily have died during her birth — … Continue reading
In his excellent review of Annie Murphy Paul’s new book, Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives in the New York Times Book Review on Sunday, physician/author Dr. Jerome Groopman wrote: Of necessity, research … Continue reading