July 27, 2022 | by: Crystal Sada, LCCE
This month’s Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators idea comes from Cystal Sada, LCCE, a childbirth educator and doula trainer in New Jersey, USA. Using humor and a familiar but creative teaching aid, Crystal helps the families in her virtual classes practice labor positions and comfort techniques. You can find all the Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators ideas for free at this link. - Sharon Muza, Connecting the Dots Community Manager.
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November 03, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee Opinion No. 679, Immersion in water during labor and delivery, was released at the end of October and Barbara Harper, founder and director of Waterbirth International discusses this new update.
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May 19, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
May is International Doula Month and this month's Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators is all about how childbirth educators can incorporate a doula and the doula's skills at useful points during a childbirth class.
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October 22, 2014 | by: Henci Goer, BA
By Henci GoerUnless you have been "off the grid" on a solitary trek, surely you have read and heard the recent flurry of discussion surrounding the just released study making the claim that the timing of when a woman receives an epidural ("early" or "late" in labor) made no difference in the ra
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