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Quick Hit: Controversies in Childbirth Conference This Week

By Rachel Walden • March 25, 2009

Please note: This entry -- originally posted at Our Bodies, Our Blog -- has not been updated since the publication date listed above.

This week, Ft. Worth, TX will be home to the Controversies in Childbirth Conference, described as "a national forum for discussing the challenges and solutions for patients, providers, and payers involved in childbirth."



Topics for the conference are expected include debate on whether low c-section rates are beneficial, financial concerns for health care providers and facilities, whether "natural birth advocates hurt their own cause," techniques for vaginal breach births, "centering pregnancy" methods, home birth, transparency, whether non-emergency c-sections are contributing to premature birth and attendant complications and NICU costs, and a number of other hot topics.



Let us know in the comments if you plan to attend - I'd love to hear your reports during or after the sessions.

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Lori on

Thanks, Rachel, for posting about this conference. We are excited for the weekend!

Jacqueline on

If anyone goes, could you please post about “natural birth advocates hurt their own cause” -- I am really curious about what this means!