Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
September 02, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Launched in 2004 to summarize the evidence for a healthy, safe, and natural approach to labor and birth care, Lamaze's Care Practice Papers, have just undergone their second update. Now referred to as The Six Lamaze Healthy Birth Practices, the latest update incorporates current evidence as we
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August 29, 2009 | by: Mayri Sagady Leslie
[Editor's Note: I would like to give a warm welcome to Science & Sensibility's newest regular contributor, Mayri Sagady Leslie. Mayri has a brilliant mind for making sense of obstetric research and has over a decade of experience putting evidence-based principles into practice as a nurse-midwife
August 25, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Lamaze Internationals popular series, Research Summaries for Normal Birth, was discontinued in 2008 after four years of quarterly round-ups so that we could move to the blog format and launch Science & Sensibility. In order to bring all of our research resources together in one place, we are adding
August 23, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
On September 15 I will give my webinar, Transparency in Maternity Care: Bringing Birth Out of the Dark to Improve Quality. I've presented this talk many times before and the feedback is always great. The webinar will give you the evidence to build the case for transparency in maternity care. We will
August 16, 2009 | by: Henci Goer, BA
Ahh, the new ACOG induction guidelines, so much to dislike, so little time. Still, others are also commenting, so I will focus on debunking ACOGs portrayal of misoprostol. ACOG STATEMENT: There is . . . a large body of published reports supporting (misoprostols) safety and efficacy when used
June 17, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
The media is reporting that the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) no longer recommends routine cesarean when the baby is presenting breech at term. The new clinical practice guideline entitled "Vaginal Delivery of Breech Presentation" concludes that "vaginal delivery
May 20, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
In the latest Listening to Mothers Survey 83% of women reported having intravenous (IV) lines in labor or birth. This number is probably not surprising to many of us IVs are part of the routine package of care in most settings, even for low-risk women. Their ubiquitous place in modern obstetrics
May 17, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
With Memorial Day around the corner and the unofficial beginning of the summer road trip season upon us, here's an important bit of news from the annual meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Emergency medicine researchers from Wake Forest University analyzed a national database of
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