Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
March 07, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
I spent the good part of today glued to the live webcast of the National Institutes of Health Consensus Develop Conference on Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC). The agenda was packed with expert testimony on the findings of a systematic review of 35 studies involving over 660,000 women with prior
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March 05, 2010 | by: Henci Goer, BA
First the good news: based on the presenters, it looks like the NIH VBAC conference will be a great improvement over the elective cesarean surgery travesty of four years ago. The conference seems likely to provide solid, evidence-based information on for whom and under what circumstances VBAC is
February 24, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services Mother-Friendly Forum and Im happy to report that I made it to Austin ahead of the big North East storm. I have been to all but one CIMS Forum in the past 5 years, slinging infants to a couple of them. They just keep get
February 07, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Weve been featuring each of the Six Lamaze Healthy Birth Practices in our series of blog carnivals, and this time were talking about interventions. Interventions in labor and birth can be helpful even life-saving. But theres no denying the fact that too often they are used when a safer, more
February 03, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
The Today Show, not known for their excellence in birth journalism, showed a live cesarean on air earlier this week. The birth advocacy community has weighed in on the shoddy reporting and the circumstances of the cesarean, pointing out that the stated indications ("big babies run in the family" and
January 23, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
[This is Science & Sensibilitys very first giveaway! Instructions for how to enter are below.] Through my involvement in the Society for Participatory Medicine, Ive gotten to know and respect some pretty amazing patient advocates. Trisha Torrey (@TrishaTorrey on Twitter) is one of these.
January 19, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Listen to this great podcast about the new Cochrane review showing that the policy of restricting food and drink in labor is not justified. Its a nice summary of how and why the research was conducted. In addition, I particularly liked these tidbits
January 01, 2010 | by: Henci Goer, BA
Many of you will have read the story of the woman laboring on Christmas Eve who suddenly went into respiratory and cardiac arrest in front of her horrified husband. She recovered shortly after her son was delivered by emergency cesarean, and the baby, too, was successfully revived. As the MSNBC
December 05, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Twice last week, analogies between sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and the organization of our maternity care system came up in blog comment discussions. In a spirited discussion between Katharine Hikel and AcademicObgyn.com's Nicholas Fogelson on Hikel's post, Disputed Territory, she proposed, "maybe
December 04, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
We've been featuring each of the Six Lamaze Healthy Birth Practices in our series of blog carnivals, and this time we're talking about labor support. Healthy Birth Practice #3 is, "Bring a loved one, friend, or doula for continuous support."A national survey of women who gave birth in U.S. hospitals
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