A very good article showing just how poor our system is set up for childbirth here in the US: What Women Aren’t Told About Childbirth.

Something to think about:
“Among developed countries, the World Health Organization reports, 29 have better infant mortality rates than the United States, including Slovenia and Cuba, and 41 have better maternal mortality rates.”

That’s pretty poor, and pretty depressing. Most people assume that with all our technology and hospitalized births that we are safer in childbirth, but the numbers paint a very different picture.