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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January 26, 2010 | by: Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN, FAAN, LCCE
The Joint Commission Sentinel Alert #44: Preventing Maternal Deaths is an important document and public recognition that many of the maternal deaths in the United States are preventable. However, the alert is missing important and useful information for women and childbirth educators since the
January 01, 2010 | by: Henci Goer, BA
Many of you will have read the story of the woman laboring on Christmas Eve who suddenly went into respiratory and cardiac arrest in front of her horrified husband. She recovered shortly after her son was delivered by emergency cesarean, and the baby, too, was successfully revived. As the MSNBC
October 07, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Last month, I announced the first in a series of Healthy Birth Blog Carnivals and asked for submissions from bloggers about letting labor begin on its own. How labor begins sets the stage for everything that follows, and with only a few exceptions, letting labor start on its own is the safest and
August 06, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
When a study compares one practice with another and reports no difference in outcomes, is that the end of the story? Not necessarily. No significant difference can mean any of these there really is no difference the study was too small to find the difference that really is there
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