Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
October 19, 2011 | by: Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
In a previous post, I described the results of recent studies that indicated that exclusively breastfeeding mothers appear to get more sleep than their mixed- and exclusively formula-feeding counterparts. That blog post generated quite a bit of comment. For many of us, the findings of these recent
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August 04, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
[As World Breastfeeding Week winds down, we thought it appropriate to share some uplifting stories of breastfeeding gone right...and the joy, empowerment, health and wisdom written between the lines of these stories. Thank you to all who contributed. ]***Never Judge, Nurture and EducateI was h
July 06, 2011 | by: Joanne I Leigh-Murfin, RN, LCCE
[Editor's note: Today, we are pleased to re-post a poignant piece, recently published on The Feminist Breeder, as a part of our Legal Corner Q&A series. Thank you, Gina, for sharing your story with us, and with all women!] When I found myself pregnant in August of 2010 - eight months after we beg
June 30, 2011 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
Try being a primary care provider treating a pregnant woman who is on antidepressants. Dr. Michael Kleins recent S&S post [about his newly published research] aptly considered the power of attitudes and beliefs to shape practices and maintain problematic paradigms. The same attitude
April 28, 2011 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
Join me in this amazing opportunity to learn about culturally competent maternity and postpartum care for Muslim women. Educator and postpartum mental health advocate Hajara Kutty shares invaluable religious and cultural context for birth and postpartum care in Islamic families.
Walker: Tell us about postpartum care in Muslim families. In your experience, how is a woman supported by her family when she comes home? Are postpartum doulas ever employed?Hajara: From a purely religious standpoint, postpartum women are exempt from performing the five daily prayers and are
April 20, 2011 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
Preterm birth estimates are 5-13% and the principal cause of morbidity and mortality for newborns1. 70% of spontaneous preterm births occur with preterm labor and preterm prelabor rupture of fetal membranes2. While medical science continues to examine diagnostic and treatment protocol, the
March 26, 2011 | by: Edith Kernerman
Colostrum We know that a mother produces colostrum in pregnancy and continues to do so for up to 10 days or so after her baby is born. We know that newborn babies require nothing other than colostrum and that though it is not there in plentiful amounts it is adequate for babys growth and health
February 16, 2011 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
My professional curiosity lies in the power of language to limit, or liberate the lived experience of the childbearing womanparticularly those with perinatal mental health concerns.Maternal Depression Can Undermine the Development of Young Children (2009) illustrates the positive strides being made
February 14, 2011 | by: Penny Simkin, PT, CD(DONA), CCE
Science & Sensibility welcomes new contributor, Penny Simkin, PT, CCE, CD(DONA). Thank you for sharing your decades-long experience and expertise with us! IntroductionAfter the health of mother and baby, labor pain is the greatest concern of women, their partners, and their caregivers. Nur
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