Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
November 01, 2011 | by: Darline Turner-Lee
[Editor's note: Today is part one of a two-part series by Darline Turner-Lee, looking at racial disparities in maternal outcomes. Come back tomorrow to read Darline's discussion on this recent study.] INTRO: The Financial Burden and Racial Disparities of the US Health Care
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October 31, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
I recently followed a listserve discussion, the topic of which revolved around the influenza vaccine and its safety/efficacy/recommendation during pregnancy. Vaccination has, of course, been a dicey topic approached within this blog community in the pasta divisive topic to be sure. But when we
October 28, 2011 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
In a recent Science Daily report, Homicide, suicide outpace traditional causes of death in pregnant, postpartum women, caught my attention. Outpace traditional causes of death in pregnancy and postpartum? What about all of our concern regarding mortality rates as a result of C-section?
October 26, 2011 | by: Joanne I Leigh-Murfin, RN, LCCE
Do your expectant clients ever ask you whether other pregnant women are sensitive to strong smells? Do they wonder about the different ways to hold a baby while nursing? Do postpartum women with whom you interact, wonder if their babies are hitting the right milestones? Group care in both
October 06, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
All pregnant women deserve to have access to compassionate, evidence-based maternity care which inherently supports the normalcy of labor and birthand remains poised to effectively handle the occasional circumstance when birth strays from normal. They deserve to be cared for by well-trained m
October 04, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Recently, there have been some new studies looking at the impact of serum levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in expectant mothers, and health outcomes for their babies. PBDEs are common flame retardants found in household furnishings, appliances, textiles, paints, and electronics
September 13, 2011 | by: Joanne I Leigh-Murfin, RN, LCCE
[Editor's note: Have you ever wondered how to best compel your clients or would-be students into taking childbirth education seriously, and spending the time to research and seek out a solid, evidence-based childbirth preparation class? The following is from yesterday's Lamaze Internatio
September 06, 2011 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
[Editor's note: This post by Amy Romano is re-purposed here with permission, having initially appeared on Childbirth Connection's Transforming Maternity Care blog site on Monday, August 15.] Theres a big gap between our current maternity care system and the high-quality, high-value
August 25, 2011 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
There is no greater loneliness in the life of a human being than being alone with ones own suffering; and no suffering is greater than the mental torture of impending agony from which there is no escape and of which there is no understanding. Grantly Dick-Read, 1959, p.50 Grantly Dick-Read was
August 11, 2011 | by: Jacqueline Levine, LCCE,FACCE,CD, CLC
Childbirth educators should be able to discuss sex during pregnancy and sex in the postpartum period with sensitive, evidence-based counseling, so that women need not rely on anecdotal information, old-wives tales or unreliable sources.The following quote stands as introduction to the chapter on
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