Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
September 08, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Lamaze Internationals popular series, Research Summaries for Normal Birth, was discontinued in 2008 after four years of quarterly round-ups so that we could move to the blog format and launch Science & Sensibility. In order to bring all of our research resources together in one place, we are adding
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August 30, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
In preparing the Home Birth chapter for the forthcoming second edition of Obstetric Myths versus Research Realities, I have literally just finished reading the entire body of literature on planned home birth. Just last week, I said to my co-author, Henci Goer, frankly, Im pretty underwhelmed by
August 29, 2009 | by: Henci Goer, BA
[Editors Note: Lamaze International is in the process of moving the archives of our When Research is Flawed series to Science & Sensibility. When Research is Flawed is a series of brief critiques of influential studies that have shaped policy and practice, despite having serious flaws, significant
August 29, 2009 | by: Mayri Sagady Leslie
[Editor's Note: I would like to give a warm welcome to Science & Sensibility's newest regular contributor, Mayri Sagady Leslie. Mayri has a brilliant mind for making sense of obstetric research and has over a decade of experience putting evidence-based principles into practice as a nurse-midwife
August 25, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
August 16, 2009 | by: Henci Goer, BA
Ahh, the new ACOG induction guidelines, so much to dislike, so little time. Still, others are also commenting, so I will focus on debunking ACOGs portrayal of misoprostol. ACOG STATEMENT: There is . . . a large body of published reports supporting (misoprostols) safety and efficacy when used
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
July 30, 2009 | by: Judith A. Lothian, PhD, RN, LCCE, FACCE, FAAN
[Editor's Note: I have asked several of Lamaze International's 2009 Annual Conference speakers to contribute to Science & Sensibility over the next several weeks. Each guest contributor will share a sneak peak of their conference presentation. Some of them have conducted their own research while
July 29, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Advocates for evidence based care feel our ears perk up when we hear about a new Cochrane systematic review. Cochrane Review = Evidence! Right? Indeed, systematic reviews represent the top of the "evidence pyramid" and Cochrane systematic reviews are the gold standard for their rigor and
July 26, 2009 | by: Henci Goer, BA
According to Listening to Mothers II, a survey of U.S. women giving birth in 2005, 17% of women having vaginal birth reported a health professional pressing down on her belly to help push the baby out (Declercq 2006, p. 35). This is called fundal pressure, and 17% is fairly common, so I decided to
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