Maternal deaths in Australia compared with England and Wales from 1967 to 1969 The MMR for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women remains three times higher than the MMR for non-Indigenous women. Monitoring maternal mortality and morbidity in Australia We need first to ask, how good are the data? There is a concern about under-ascertainment. [...]

Tags: birth in Australia, birth trauma, maternal mortality
Filed under: consumers' rights, reproductive justice

The lovely Professor Cheryl Beck who researches birth trauma is doing another study with TABS NZ, this time into fathers and their responses to witnessing traumatic pregnancy and/or birth. Anything that adds to our knowledge around birth trauma is important to me and I encourage people to get on board with this study. Joyous Birth [...]

Tags: birth trauma, human rights
Filed under: consumers' rights, parenting