| Chapter 1: | Maternal Expectations in 21st-Century U.S. Birth Culture |
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Endnotes
1. This finding holds only when mothers are not allowed access to oral fluids, a common but outdated hospital policy; allowing mothers access to adequate fluid intake negates IV fluid effects on shortening labor duration. See Coco et al. (2010).
2. Lang and King (2008) and Hoyert (2007) have suggested that maternal mortality could be considerably higher than national statistics indicate due to limitations in current recording strategies. Also frequently overlooked in maternal mortality statistics are wide disparities in maternal death along lines of race and income.