Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
May 24, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
[Editors note: For the remainder of this week on Science & Sensibility, we will feature an in-depth, three-part interview with childbirth researcher Hélène Vadeboncoeur, author of the recently released in English book, Birthing Normally After a Cesarean or Two. You will find the dialogue containe
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May 17, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Introducing¦.the concept of the natural cesarean¦ I have struggled with whether or not to post on this YouTube video for some time. The title, in and of itself, is aggravating. And I dont mean from a judgmental standpoint, but simply from a realistic standpoint: cesarean birthwhether positive
September 11, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Whether a woman is having her first baby or has already given birth, whether she is sitting in a prenatal appointment or in the midst of labor, if she is pregnant in the United States, there's at least a 1 in 3 chance she will find herself hearing some version of the words, "You are going to need a
August 13, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
The blog has been quiet for longer than usual. I had a great family vacation at the beginning of the month and came back to deadlines. I've got a pile of blog posts half-written and some good stuff in the pipeline, but I thought I'd share a few papers of interest to childbirth educators in the meant
July 25, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Last week, I attended the Normal Labour & Birth International Research Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. With over 250 attendees from 23 countries, the conference set out to disseminate research about the nature of and optimal care for physiologic labor and birth, and to garner
March 10, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
The NIH press release about the VBAC Consensus Meeting includes only a single instance of the phrase uterine rupture. Having spent 2 1/2 days watching the streaming webcast of the event, my strong sense is that this was by design. During the expert testimony, we heard over and over again that
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
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
March 02, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Next week, scientists, policy experts, and advocates will come together for the National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (VBAC). A panel will spend three days reviewing the evidence and hearing public testimony. On Wednesday theyll announce
December 11, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
'Tis the season for the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine to publish the abstracts for their forthcoming annual meeting. Every year around this time I receive the gift of an electronic Table of Contents alert for the Supplement to the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology that lists confer
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