Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
August 16, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Debra Pascali-Bonaro's energy and enthusiasm for the work she does to improve lived experiences for childbearing women is contagious. Chair of the International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative, doula, doula trainer and former board member of DONA, Lamaze childbirth educator, director of the c
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August 01, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
There's a lot going on around the world this week...unifying efforts to promote and support breastfeeding! Here's a list of some organizations and events you might like to follow this week and (hopefully!) get involved in:World Breast Feeding Week official website: access news on WBW eve
July 14, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
The March of Dimes, primarily now an organization about preventing premature birth (our national average still hangs out around 12%) has created a new continuing education product. The module, Loss and Grief in the Childbearing Period, is all about training nurses (and other professionals work
June 17, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Recently, our sister blog, Giving Birth With Confidence has run a series of posts in honor of dads, and dads-to-be, as Father's Day approaches. Cara Terreri, Community Manager of GBWC, even shared her work in this series with the Mother's Advocate blog. Men approaching the birth of their
May 30, 2011 | by: Jacqueline Levine, LCCE,FACCE,CD, CLC
[Editor's note: In this post, Lamaze Certified Chidbirth Educator, Doula and Lactation Consultant Jackie Levine answers the question: "How do you incorporate Best Evidence into your childbirth education program?]A Perspective on BirthThe quick version of the trip that got us to where we are no
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
February 07, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
I imagine any childbirth educator can attest to the fact that we tend to be approached by our students/clients on a wide range of topics--most pregnancy related, but many related to the near or distant postpartum period. When covering physiological postpartum issues, including return to sexual
February 01, 2011 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Data can transform how maternity care is organized, delivered, and experienced. Ive written this before, and I think most of the readers of this blog would agree. But data cant do anything if its hiding. Last year, I watched DHHS Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, announce the Community Health Data
January 23, 2011 | by: Joanne I Leigh-Murfin, RN, LCCE
The following article is being re-posted with permission from The Unnecesarean. The article was originally posted on January 11, 2011, as a part of the Defending Ourselves Against Defensive Medicine series. Dr. Henry Dorn is an Obstetrician-Gynecologist currently practicing in High Point
January 17, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Following posts like this one from last week, it's encouraging to see that breastfeeding initiation rates have continued to rise in recent years. But, as Science & Sensibility contributor Edith Kernerman, IBCLC, pointed out: the rates of breastfeeding exclusivity at the six-month-postpartum
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