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Index
COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: ARRANGED BIRTH
YOU’RE GOING TO MEET YOUR BABY TODAY!
CONVENIENCE
ACTIVELY MANAGED
THE RUSH
CUT AND RECONSTRUCT
THE MACHINE
THE WOODEN SPOON
THE BUSINESS OF BIRTH
CHAPTER 2: THE SHORT CUT
THE VAGINAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY
CUTTING LOSSES
PATIENCE
WE’RE VERY PRO-EPIDURAL
AN UNFAIR COMPARISON
CHAPTER 3: Denied Birth
THE ART OF WAITING
EVIDENCE-BASED
DISTORTION OF RISK
THE ‘EXPLODING UTERUS’ CARD
WILLING AND QUALIFIED
DO IT YOURSELF BIRTH
PHYSIOLOGICAL V. INDUSTRIAL
CHAPTER 4: CONSEQUENCES
THE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE IS RISING IN FLORIDA
“CESAREAN DELIVERY ON MATERNAL REQUEST”
OPTIMAL V. NORMAL
BAD-ASS CONTRACTIONS
TO BE BORN IS TO BREATHE
SCARRED MOTHERS
CHAPTER 5: MOTHERS’ HELPERS
RX FOR A NORMAL BIRTH
A LITTLE GAME
STAYING PUT
GETTING CONTROL
CHAPTER 6: UNDERGROUND
MIDWIFE ON WHEELS
THE “OFFICE” VISIT
TIME MANAGEMENT
MORE PHONE CALLS
POSTPARTUM
ADVANCING THE PROFESSION
CHAPTER 7: CRIMINALIZED
WITH WOMEN
INFORMED CHOICE
AFTERPAINS
INDICTMENTS
CAUSE OF DEATH
BLOOD LOSS
MISSING INFORMATION
INCAPACITATED
CHAPTER 8: RIGHTS
PREGNANT WOMEN’S RIGHTS
IS VAGINAL BIRTH A PROCEDURE?
A SCATTERED MINORITY
A REPRODUCTIVE RIGHT
APPENDIX A: EFFECTIVE CARE
APPENDIX B: THE CESAREAN TREND
NOTES
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
INDEX
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