This interview was done by Mindful Mama Magazine at the Controversies in Childbirth conference, March 28, 2009.

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Aaron Bouren, Karen Fennell, Me, Scott Smith

I met Aaron Bouren at the Controversies in Childbirth conference, and I am still recovering. If you ever have the chance to meet this guy you will know what I’m talking about. Everything about Aaron is big - his six-foot-plus frame has to be huge to contain his passion, […]

At the Controversies in Childbirth conference, Cynthia Wade described Centering, a group approach to prenatal/birth care.
In this model of care, the mothers are active participants. They weigh themselves, they take their own blood pressure, they write everything down in their chart. They are grouped together by estimated due date, so they already have a […]

Lynn M. Paltrow, founder and Executive Director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women (”NAPW”), gave a talk at the Controversies in Childbirth conference on how anti-abortion policies and legislation are being used against women who want to make choices in their birth experiences.
Women are being forced into surgeries against their will, sheriffs show up […]