The XX Factor : childbirthhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/childbirth/default.aspxTags: childbirthenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)You Can't Always Have Childbirth "Your Way." It's Not Burger King.http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/10/19/you-can-t-always-have-childbirth-your-way-it-s-not-burger-king.aspxMon, 19 Oct 2009 22:05:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:6757Rachael Larimore0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/6757.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=6757When I first read about the pregnant Arizona woman whose hospital stopped performing VBACs, prompting her to plan to drive 350 miles to Phoenix to a hospital that would allow her to deliver her baby vaginally, I sympathized. I wouldn’t have made the same...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/10/19/you-can-t-always-have-childbirth-your-way-it-s-not-burger-king.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6757" width="1" height="1">rapechildbirthC-sectionscaesareansVBACsThe Decline of Western Civilization: "We're Pregnant" Editionhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/06/04/the-decline-of-western-civilization-we-re-pregnant-edition.aspxThu, 04 Jun 2009 17:13:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:5770Kerry Howley0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/5770.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=5770Judith Leavitt has written a history of fatherhood, specifically about the evolution of male participation in the process of giving birth. In a review of the book in the Wall Street Journal , Jonathan Last reports the less-than-shocking news : The 20th...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/06/04/the-decline-of-western-civilization-we-re-pregnant-edition.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5770" width="1" height="1">childbirthfatherhoodlaborBorn in the USA? Prove It.http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/08/13/born-in-the-u-s-a.aspxWed, 13 Aug 2008 19:51:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:3450Nayeli Rodriguez0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/3450.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3450Summer tourists complaining of passport troubles can gain some perspective by reading a recent article in the Wall Street Journal on the legal challenges currently facing thousands of Texans. Because they were issued by midwives, these people's birth...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/08/13/born-in-the-u-s-a.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3450" width="1" height="1">Midwiferyimmigrationchildbirth