Prenatal Health, Labor and Delivery

Half the Sky, All the Hope

Arty, Soft-Core Childbirth Photo Has a Place, but a Food Blog Ain't It

It takes a lot to make Gut Check lose our lunch. We've had to report some rather icky things in the past, from spicy rolls garnished with semen to, ahem, tainted asparagus. We even ate brains, just to prove we ain't scared. And sure, our weekly meeting was entirely consumed by a conversation about ... More >>

Expectant Dads Need Prenatal Care, Says University of Missouri Researcher

Pregnancy: Not as easy as it seems.​No doubt about it, pregnancy is a bitch. The nausea. The stress. The hormones. It' also tough on the mothers we're told. But, it's the fathers-to-be who most often suffer silently, according to new research out from University of Missouri. "Too often, men are tr ... More >>

Missouri Legislature Targets Midwives

The Missouri Medical Association is trying to stop midwives -- again.​Four years ago, the Missouri Legislature decriminalized midwifery -- making it legal for a woman who's certified by one of two national midwives' organizations to deliver babies here.But the state's physicians don't like the com ... More >>

Wash U. Doctor Featured in NY Times as Savior to Women with Awful Vaginal Injury

obgyn.wustl.edu​We shall let the New York Times' international wanderer-columnist Nicholas D. Kristof open this blog post with a description of obstetric fistula, a truly grotesque condition suffered by women mostly in the global south. Such a woman, writes Kristof,suffers obstructed labor, has no ... More >>

RFT readers agree: There's no birthplace like home

obgyn.wustl.edu​We shall let the New York Times' international wanderer-columnist Nicholas D. Kristof open this blog post with a description of obstetric fistula, a truly grotesque condition suffered by women mostly in the global south. Such a woman, writes Kristof,suffers obstructed labor, has no ... More >>

Certified professional midwife: Coming to a yellow pages directory near you

obgyn.wustl.edu​We shall let the New York Times' international wanderer-columnist Nicholas D. Kristof open this blog post with a description of obstetric fistula, a truly grotesque condition suffered by women mostly in the global south. Such a woman, writes Kristof,suffers obstructed labor, has no ... More >>

Life Support

A stealth bill has legalized midwifery in Missouri — for now.

MO Midwifery Bill Lives

A stealth bill has legalized midwifery in Missouri — for now.

MO Midwifery Bill: Stillborn Again

A stealth bill has legalized midwifery in Missouri — for now.

Standard of Care

When a childbirth went terribly wrong, the blame game began. Dodging responsibility was everybody's first order of business.