Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
October 31, 2017 | by: Stacie Marie Bingham, LCCE, CD(DONA), CBS
Shared decision making seems to be a popular phrase with medical organizations these days, and thats fantastic. Whats not fantastic is that consumers dont know that shared decision making is something they are owed, something they can demand, something they deserve. Thats where educators come in
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October 27, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Lamaze 2017 Advocacy Summit was a great success with over 100 Lamaze members visiting their politicians on Capitol Hill to advocate for maternal-infant health and childbirth education.
October 24, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Sharon Muza interviews Neel Shah, MD, MPP about the role of childbirth educators in helping to make improvements in maternal-infant health.
October 19, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
This new series Journey to LCCE and Teaching Lamaze Classes - Following Jordan Alam will take a similar path but also explore the experiences of training and teaching childbirth classes for the first time.
October 17, 2017 | by: Cara Terreri, CD (DONA), LCCE
The grief of losing a child during pregnancy or after birth runs deep and hard for the person who is or was pregnant. It is important to also recognize that the nonpregnant person also has experienced a loss & has to deal with their own grief, as well as supporting the emotions of their partner.
October 12, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
The sad fact is that too many families are affected by a pregnancy loss, stillbirth or early infant loss. The grief when a loss occurs has no bounds and remains significant and deep, even if there are future children that join the family after a loss has occurred.
September 26, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
I recently had the opportunity to interview two creative childbirth educators who have turned to crowdfunding in order to raise money for their career development and conference activities. Learn more about these efforts to help them to help families.
September 21, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
One of the valuable benefits for Lamaze International members is a subscription to Lamaze International's official journal - The Journal of Perinatal Childbirth Education, whose mission is to promote, support, and protect natural, safe, and healthy birth through education and advocacy.
September 19, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
A study published in May 2017 examined the impact of a childbirth education course based on mindfulness principles on the pain experienced during childbirth and the ability to handle that pain on a physiological level as well as adjust to the postpartum period.
September 14, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
The 2017 Lamaze Advocacy Summit is scheduled for October 23-24, 2017 in Washington DC. This two-day event is designed specifically to provide Lamaze members and other maternal-infant stakeholders an opportunity to connect with their politicians.
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