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The House of Lite: A New Kind of Transition Home The House of Lite, is a new project of The Tatia Oden French Memorial Foundation. It will be a transition home for moms
and newborns, initially opening its doors in the San Fransicso Bay Area, East Bay. The House of Lite ( HOL) will offer all the necessary support services, counseling and
resources for the single moms on welfare who live there, who want to break the cycle of poverty they currently come from and become independent,
productive members
of the community. What is new about the HOL is that it will be located in a residential area that is near transportation, food
stores with fresh food and other establishments that has a low crime rate and neighborhood schools. Research
has shown that "where" you live significantly impacts the quality of life you have. Please support the House of Lite by donating on the Home page of this website then click on the facebook link and read more about the fundraiser and The House
of Lite.
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Alameda County Public Health Commission : Informed Consent Pamphlet
with Medical Intervention Insert
The Alameda County Public Health Commission has produced an Informed Consent pamphlet with a Medical Intervention
Pamphlet.
The Informed Consent Pamphlet gives general information on decreasing the intensity of labor contractions and
some questions to ask your health care provider. The Medical Intervention Pamphlet gives 7 medical interventions commonly
used during labor and delivery along with the adverse effects on the mother or baby, or both.
Both pieces are meant to
stimulate discussion between the mom and her health care provider.
They are also available in Spanish from the
Alameda County Public Health Dept . Please contact the Alameda County Public Health Dept. and
request copies in english or spanish or both, at 510 267-8000, or click on the website link below and
scroll down to "Informed Consent Pamphlet"
Informed Consent Pamphlet
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SPEAKERS BUREAU
The Tatia Oden French Memorial Foundaiton
offers presentations regarding the issues of maternal mortality, informed consent and the off-label use of drugs-specifically
the use of Cytotec to induce labor. We strive to provide as much information as possible to as many people as possible regarding
these issues. We believe that ALL known side effects of the various drugs and procedures used in labor and delivery, should
be explained to women BEFORE they agree to these interventions. Without this information it is impossible to give fully INFORMED
consent.
We are presently scheduling presentations at labor classes, high school classes, radio talk shows and
conferences where labor and delivery issues are discussed.
To schedule a presentation please contact us at: zorah@tatia.org
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The Safe Motherhood Quilt Project is a quilt
started by Ina May Gaskin several years ago, to honor all the mother's who have died in childbirth in the US, or who have
died do to pregnancy or childbirth related reasons. Ina May and the Tatia Oden French Memorial Foundation continue
to collect the names and causes of the women in the US who have died in childbirth or for childbirth and, or pregnancy related
reasons. Please contact either Ina May at inamaygaskin@gmail.com , or the Tatia Oden French Memorial Foundation at momoden@sbcglobal.net
if you have any information on any maternal death. Accurate statistics on maternal deaths in the US are NOT kept in
all states, so even though the World Health Organization in 2008 put the US at 41st in the world for maternal deaths....the
real number is much higher. Help us make this known so we can reduce the numbers of women dying in childbirth.
The Safe MotherHood Quilt Project
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The Dangers of Cytotec..... New Facebook Page The "Dangers of Cytotec " is a Facebook page that has been set up which
posts current articles and information regarding the dangers of using Cytotec ( Misprostol) to induce labor. With over
1000 'fans' it posts comments from those who have witnessed the adverse events that can follow a cytotec induction as well
as comments from those who are just plain blown away that it is even used. Please check it out and let us know what
you think. Just go to your facebook page and do a search for "Dangers of Cytotec".
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Amnesty International : Demand Dignity Campaign Focuses on Maternal Mortality in The
US Amnesty International has not only released its report
on maternal mortality in the US ( March 2010), but is actively pursing legislators to enact legislation which will improve
maternity care in the US and significantly reduce the very high maternal mortaliy rate in the US. The most recent piece of
legislation is the Maternal Health Accountablity Act of 2011, where maternal health is finally treated as a HUMAN RIGHTS issue.
The health of a country has long been gauged by its maternal mortality rate . Presently the US ranks 41st in the world, according
the World Health Organization (WHO). This is unacceptable. Please read about and support the Maternal Health Accountability
Act of 2011 by urging your representative to co-sponsor this bill. Our lives depend on it.
Maternal Health as a Human Rights Issue
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