Jennifer Block does it again

Jennifer Block has written an eye opener of an article in the L.A. Times, detailing the need to redo our way of having babies.  Every parent should think about the way they choose to give birth to their child and be an active part of it.

We so need to improve our quality of care, here is some food for thought from the article:

But cost hasn't translated into quality. We spend more than double per capita on childbirth than other industrialized countries, yet our rates of pre-term birth, newborn death and maternal death rank us dismally in comparison. Last month, the March of Dimes gave the country a "D" on its prematurity report card; California got a "C," but 18 other states and the District of Columbia, where 15.9% of babies are born too early, failed entirely.