Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
March 02, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
The Leapfrog Group released their 2017 Maternity Care Report to the public. This report was eye-opening to both significant improvements that have been made in some areas of maternity care and a clear signal that other benchmarks still have a long way to go.
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March 07, 2013 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Dr. Michael Klein, M.D., C.C.F.P., F.C.F.P., F.A.A.P. (Neonatal/Perinatal), F.C.P.S.,is a pediatrician/neonatologist and family physician researcher and educator based at Childrens & Womens Hospital and the Centre for Developmental Neurosciences & Child Health of the Child and Family Research
December 18, 2012 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
By Rebecca Dekker, PhD, RN, APRN of Evidence Based BirthDo you talk about perineal massage with your students, clients and patients and state that perineal massage during pregnancy will/will not reduce tearing during birth? today, Rebecca Dekker, of Evidence Based Birth takes a look at th
September 26, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
The ResearchSeveral interesting studies have recently been published in the Scandinavian journal, Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica (some of which I will cover in a subsequent post). The greatest one of interest, which has garnered much media attention lately is the study about fea
January 25, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Im going to be on Momotics Blog Talk Radio tomorrow evening at 10pm EST discussing the issue of transparency in maternity care with Danielle from Momotics. You can listen here. For the occasion, I thought I would dig up this fact sheet I wrote for Lamaze a couple of years ago when we first got
November 05, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Ask a bunch of expectant women what worries them about labor, and chances are many of them will say, "the pain." Much is made about pain in labor. Women prepare for it, nurses constantly assess it, anesthesiology departments exist to eliminate it, and so on. But while there are many experience
July 26, 2009 | by: Henci Goer, BA
According to Listening to Mothers II, a survey of U.S. women giving birth in 2005, 17% of women having vaginal birth reported a health professional pressing down on her belly to help push the baby out (Declercq 2006, p. 35). This is called fundal pressure, and 17% is fairly common, so I decided to
June 13, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Reality TV fans (not me) and readers of the Celebrity Baby Blog (OK, that's me) may have heard that Kendra Wilkinson of The Girls Next Door "fame" is expecting her first baby this winter. In addition to the news that Kendra's ex, Hugh Hefner, will be the baby's Godfather (ick!), CBB readers were
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