Gestational diabetes: A practical approach
Medical writer Henci Goer explains gestational diabetes and the medical approach to diagnosis and treatment. She shows that treatment for GD has known risks but no research has yet confirmed that the treatment has benefits.
Prenatal Testing - To Risk or Not to Risk?
This article encourages readers to weigh the risks against the benefits of prenatal testing before agreeing to routine procedures. Complete with informative charts and helpful diagrams to explain the statistical realities of various complications that are tested for, and the sometimes forgotten risks testing can post to mother and baby.
Suboptimal Fetal Positions
A detailed collection of information about foetal positioning and why it matters, with a particular focus on posterior babies. For more information about other foetal positions please visit Spinning Babies.
The Dangers of Prenatal Ultrasound
Did you know that ultrasound technology has never been proven to be safe? Did you know that it was originally not intended for routine use? This article provides summaries of a collection of medical studies about the safety and effects of ultrasound.
The Downside of Due Dates
A fantastic article which enables women to calculate their own due dates, and outlines the reality that due dates are not guarantees. Most importantly this article discusses the unfair anxiety due dates can put on pregnant women.
The Glucose Tolerance Test - An Attempt to Pathologize a Normal Response
This article explains why GTT is actually unnecessary during pregnancy because it is normal for pregnant women to have elevated glucose levels. It also considers the health risks GTT poses to mother and baby.
Ultrasound: Weighing The Propaganda Against The Facts
Beverly Lawrence Beecher takes a look at widespread acceptance and use of ultrasounds in our society and gives readers cause to rethink this acceptance. A well-informed article that considers the risks of ultrasound.
Ultrasound More Harm than Good
A very comprehensive explanation, analysis and history of the ultrasound scan from Marsden Wagner. If you only read one article about ultrasounds, make it this one.
Ultrasound Cause for Concern
Sarah Buckley MD discusses the medical risks of ultrasound scans, and the social and personal risks of routine scans. She also outlines the history of this technology.
