Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Infants First (Hardcover) by Marsden Wagner

from DiscerningOnlineShopper

This book should be mandatory reading for all expecting parents. The maternity system in the U.S. is not serving the best interests of mothers, infants, or families. This book helps patients understand how and why the maternity system works the way it does and helps families learn how to negotiat...

from FrozenFlame22

This book is a must read for anyone who works with birth, politicians concerned with public health, and especially all women who will ever give birth. Wagner is an obstetrician and a former Director of Women's and Children's Health for the WHO, and as such he gives a unique insight to the state o...

from impossiblejane

My jaw was dropped at the stuff I read in this book. I read it after I had heard the author on NPR. This is a must read if you or someone you know are planning on having a baby.

from DiscerningOnlineShopper

This book should be mandatory reading for all expecting parents. The maternity system in the U.S. is not serving the best interests of mothers, infants, or families. This book helps patients understand how and why the maternity system works the way it does and helps families learn how to negotiat...

from FrozenFlame22

This book is a must read for anyone who works with birth, politicians concerned with public health, and especially all women who will ever give birth. Wagner is an obstetrician and a former Director of Women's and Children's Health for the WHO, and as such he gives a unique insight to the state o...