birthing

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Doctors at St. Louis-based Mercy, which runs birthing hospitals in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, began noticing an uptick in families turning down the vitamin K shot during the pandemic.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

In maternity services, inspectors said women were given the opportunity to speak to staff at Royal Lancaster Infirmary about their birthing experience, especially if the experience was not what they had wanted or expected.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

I see her death as a profound failure of the systems meant to protect birthing mothers.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2026

Conscience became the Christian’s guide to religious truth, replacing church and tradition, and birthing a radical individual autonomy that could challenge governments and rulers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

She took and stored in her brain and her heart what she heard the midwife say and do about babies and birthing and easing pain.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman