Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
February 28, 2017 | by: Penny Simkin, PT, CD(DONA), CCE
ACOG's new committee opinion - "Approaches to Limit Interventions During Labor and Birth" goes a long way toward helping to improve birth outcomes. Penny Simkin discusses what seems to be missing - role quality prenatal education class can play in improving maternal infant outcomes.
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January 25, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Every month, Science & Sensibility shares a post with a teaching tip or activity for you to consider using in your classroom. This January is the one year anniversary of Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators. You can find all the Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators
January 20, 2016 | by: Robin E. Weiss, PhD, LCCE
If youre like me, you love to learn from other childbirth educators. Pinterest has been a place that has really gathered some steam in terms of childbirth educators gathering and creating a hub of things to look at, learn, and do. While I have talked about some of the basics of using a Pinterest
December 28, 2015 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
By Lakisa Muhammad, LCCE, CD(DONA)Science & Sensibility runs a monthly column, Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators, that offers a fun, exciting, creative and engaging activity for childbirth educators and birth professionals to use with expecting families. Today's post by Lamaze
November 30, 2015 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
I appreciate Lamaze International for many reasons, and one reason is that they continually provide useful new material for childbirth educators to integrate and adapt for their classes and curriculum. Additionally, this information is also available directly to consumers on the parent s
October 14, 2015 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Today, October 15th, is also a special day of remembrance. As a childbirth educator and a doula, I have worked with several families over the years who have experienced losses while taking a childbirth class with me, after the class e
October 05, 2015 | by: Anne Estes, PhD
In an earlier post on Science and Sensibility, regular contributor Anne Estes, PhD reviewed Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to Your Babys First Year, a new evidence-based book focused on answering questions on health, sleeping, and feeding for an infants first year. The book grew out of
September 02, 2015 | by: Anne Estes, PhD
By Anne M. Estes, PhDToday on Science & Sensibility, Anne M. Estes, PhD reviews a new book - The Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to Your Baby's First Year. Lamaze International and Science & Sensibility are all about providing families and professionals with evidence based infor
July 01, 2015 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
The journal PLOS Medicine published a research review yesterday, The Mistreatment of Women during Childbirth in Health Facilities Globally: A Mixed-Method Systematic Review (Bohren, et al, 2015). Reading this report was both disturbing and extremely sad to me. Respectful care is a part of the
March 16, 2015 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
ast week, Cynthia Good Mojab provided Science & Sensibility readers with the first two parts of her three-part series on the book Transformed by Postpartum Depression: Womens Stories of Trauma and Growth by Dr. Walker Karraa. Today on the blog, Cynthia shares her recent interview with Karraa.
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