Quick Hit: Controversies in Childbirth Conference This Week
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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March 25, 2009 at 4:32 am
Thanks, Rachel, for posting about this conference. We are excited for the weekend!
March 26, 2009 at 6:57 pm
If anyone goes, could you please post about “natural birth advocates hurt their own cause” — I am really curious about what this means!