Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
May 18, 2012 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Did you know that Lamaze is launching a new campaign called Push for Your Baby? Its an effort to encourage women to speak up and push for better care for themselves and their babies, and to spotlight the role that childbirth education has in equipping women with the information they need to be ac
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May 17, 2012 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
You can get from New Jersey to Maryland in less than an hour, but despite the proximity, New Jersey hospitals, on average, charge 3-4 times more than Maryland hospitals for both vaginal and cesarean births. This is just one of the notable facts gleaned from Childbirth Connection's analyses of the la
May 14, 2012 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Science is simply common sense at its best. ~Thomas HuxleyScience. Sensibility. Science and sensibility are good words. I gravitate to these words naturally. These words offer me security, comfort and a feeling of order in the world. I am delighted and honored to
May 04, 2012 | by: Lamaze Administrator
As regular readers know, Lamaze has been searching for a new Community Manager for this blog. Its been a rigorous process with many fantastic applicants, each of whom would have brought the blog in great new directions. We had to make a choice and we are thrilled to introduce officially our new Sci
November 29, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
The much-anticipated Planned Place of Birth study out of the UK emerged last week in the British Medical Journal. As I complete a Biostatistics course for my Masters of Public Health ~ Maternal & Child Health program, I have to admit: this study, including the wealth of data contained herein, is
November 21, 2011 | by: Christine H Morton, PhD
In our past blog posts, Kathleen Pine and I have been writing about the process by which quality measures in perinatal care are developed, endorsed and then adopted by various entities.The last comprehensive National Quality Forum (NQF) review of Perinatal Measures was in 2008 which endorsed 17 meas
October 21, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
UPDATE: The homebirth summit is underway, as we speak. With numerous stake holders at the table together in Warrenton, VA , including OBs & FPs, midwives, nurses, insurers, childbirth educators, administrators, doulas, public health professionals, legislatures, and researchers¦there is certainly
September 16, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Debra Pascali-Bonaro is amazing. Chair of the International MotherBaby Childbirth Organization (IMBCO), Debra's magnetism and enthusiasm precede her upon entering a room.Here at the Lamaze 2011 conference, we just had the opportunity to spend the last 90 minutes hearing Debra talk about the IM
December 15, 2010 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
In the last few weeks, several of us here at Science & Sensibility have spent time discussing various issues surrounding a womans experience before, during and after pregnancy, labor and birth. We have contemplated risk factors for postpartum depression and how to survey pregnant women fo
July 09, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Today marked the launch of Mother's Advocate, a new site from InJoy Birth & Parenting Videos, and to kick things off, InJoy partnered with Lamaze International to produce a booklet and video set based on the Six Lamaze Healthy Birth Practices. Both are freely downloadable from Mother's Advocate.
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