Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
May 28, 2013 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Both expectant families and childbirth professionals alike would like nothing more than pregnancy and birth to remain uncomplicated and proceed normally. We can celebrate when that happens but we have a responsibility to also teach and share about some of the variations from normal that may come up
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April 18, 2013 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Taking the hospital tour is considered to be a right of passage for expectant parents choosing to birth in the hospital. They gather together in a group, a bit nervous, a bit excited, following the tour guide, quietly tiptoeing through the labor and delivery unit, hearing and seeing women in l
January 22, 2013 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
I'd like to draw your attention to a very important study that is currently looking for participants - The Maternity Support Survey. This comprehensive study is the first to compare doulas, childbirth educators, and labor and delivery nurses, working in the United States and Canada, in terms of
January 17, 2013 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Today, Amy Romano, CNM, MSN, Associate Director of Programs for Childbirth Connection (and former Community Manager for this blog) follows up last Thursday's post, Have You Made the Connection with Childbirth Connection? Three Reports You Don't Want to Miss with her professional suggestions for
September 05, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Yep...Birth and the BOLD movement are five, today! As your labor day weekend (or regular-old Monday) winds down, you still have time to register for, and enjoy watching, the live webcast of the Birth production, taking place in New Yorks Museum of Motherhood, beginning at 7pm (EST).
August 31, 2011 | by: Liz M. Demaere, RN,BN, LCCE
A year ago, my partner Alex Wakeford and I came up with an idea. We wanted to make a film that would change the world.More specifically, we wanted to create a film that would galvanize an army of birth warriors to help revolutionize birth around the world.Our journey really began three years ago wit
August 23, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
In April of 2010, Dr. Tricia Pilone of our regular contributorsposted the story of her third childs birth, an experience riddled with medical errors that nearly cost her and her son their lives. Dr. Pils story, originally published in the online medical journal Pulse: voices from the heart of
July 28, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
A recent All Things Considered story that aired as a part of NPRs Beginnings series discussed concerns over elective labor inductions and the movement by some doctors to decrease this trend in our countrys maternity care system. From the news piece, Doctors to Pregnant Women: Wait at Least
January 23, 2011 | by: Joanne I Leigh-Murfin, RN, LCCE
The following article is being re-posted with permission from The Unnecesarean. The article was originally posted on January 11, 2011, as a part of the Defending Ourselves Against Defensive Medicine series. Dr. Henry Dorn is an Obstetrician-Gynecologist currently practicing in High Point
November 30, 2010 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Recently, Boston.com featured this article as proof that an increasing number of women are spending more time worrying about their appearance during and after childbirth, than the birth process itself. Of course, those of us who have participated in childbirth in one form or another will like
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