Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
September 29, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Last week, we highlighted the highly talked about study pertaining to fear of childbirth and its downstream consequences, published recently in the Scandinavian journal Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. This week, I'd like to draw your attention to some other interesting stu
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September 27, 2011 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
[Editor's note: This article by Amy Romano was originally posted on Childbirth Connection's Transforming Maternity Care site, September 12, 2011 and is re-purposed with permission.] When I recently updated Childbirth Connections VBAC or Repeat C-Section Topic to reflect the findings of a
September 21, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
[Editor's note: I was recently contacted by a PhD student at Texas Tech University who is working with a professor at the University of Georgia to research pregnant women's experiences at work. The research team is seeking to understand how organizations can do a better job at helping pregnant women
March 16, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Last week, Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham-Clinton, joined the leadership team of Saving Lives at Birth for their landmark announcement--a grant program aimed at improving maternal and infant safety in developing regions. As described on the organization's website,"To accelerate substantial
October 10, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
This post is part of the forthcoming Grand Rounds Blog Carnival at e-patients.net. Contributors were asked to write a post 'inspired by, supportive of, or critiquing an article in the Journal of Participatory Medicine.' I chose as my inspiration Gilles Frydman's Patient-Driven Research: Rich
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 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
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