Gail writes to Dr. Phil about his request for homebirth horror stories

Dear Producers and Doctor Phil, I’ve watched your show with gratitude from my mother’s hospital bed, appreciating the healthy living concepts shared and in doing so, giving us a forum … You are seeking homebirth controversy. Why? You are about to examine two cultures and seeming to be willing to pit them against each other. […]

Pressure to have ultrasounds and induction

This is my letter to a friend whose obstetrician recommends weekly ultrasounds to see if her womb is becoming a hostile place for her baby. Yes, that phrase was used by a medical person to get her compliance. “I was thinking more that it is the very serial ultrasound that is making the “womb a […]