Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
January 15, 2019 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Every 4 ½ minutes, a baby is born with a birth defect in the United States. That means approximately 120,000 babies are affected by birth defects each year. Childbirth educators can help families prevent and deal with detected birth defects.
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January 10, 2019 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
I teach a variety of independent childbirth classes in my community, including a seven-week series class. For as long as I can recall, I have established a Facebook group for each of the series classes. With ever-increasing concerns about privacy, I am trying a new system called Google Classroom.
January 08, 2019 | 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.
January 04, 2019 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Research showed that people birthing in facilities with both midwives and doctors on staff were less likely to be induced, less likely to have their labor augmented with pitocin, less likely to have a cesarean, and more likely to have a successful vaginal birth after cesarean.
December 28, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
This month’s Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators lets the families in your classes “Roll the Dice for Labor.” It is a fun and affordable activity that builds confidence and makes a super review of position and comfort techniques for labor.
December 13, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Lamaze is committed to supporting research that documents the impact on birth outcomes, patient satisfaction, and/or cost of care. Lamaze International is looking to fund up to two research grants ($2,000 to $5,000 each) that explore the link between childbirth education and birth outcomes.
December 11, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Today is a very exciting day in the United States House of Representatives! The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 1318, Preventing Maternal Deaths Act.
December 06, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Many Lamaze International staff and volunteers who are already hard at work as they plan to bring you the LamazeLIVE 2019 conference event scheduled for April 11-13, 2019 in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Here are nine things you need to know now so you can start to make plans now.
November 29, 2018 | by: Mallory Emerson, LCCE
Amazing Lamaze educator Mallory Emerson is back again this month with a creative and fun "Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators" activity that effectively teaches the events of late pregnancy with some anatomy, hormones and more thrown in, all wrapped up with a lot of interactivity and fun.
November 27, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
The Harvard T.H. Chan School for Public Health is offering a free webinar "What happens if she screens positive for postpartum depression? Moving postpartum care from screening to treatment and beyond." Register now.
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