Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
August 30, 2011 | by: Darline Turner-Lee
Preterm delivery, delivery before 37 completed weeks of gestation, has been shown to cause significant morbidity in infants and to be a cause of lifelong health problems in these children. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports, Preterm birth is a leading cause of neonatal and infant
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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 23, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
In April of 2010, Dr. Tricia Pilone of our regular contributorsposted the story of her third childs birth, an experience riddled with medical errors that nearly cost her and her son their lives. Dr. Pils story, originally published in the online medical journal Pulse: voices from the heart of
August 18, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
After practicing pediatrics for 34 years, Dr. Susan Markel has taken her clinical--and practical--wisdom to the pages of her new book, What Your Pediatrician Doesn't Know Can Hurt Your Child. Dr. Markel will share some of this attachment parenting-based wisdom during her keynote address at the
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
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
August 09, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
As many of you may recall, we ran a series on issues pertaining to maternal overweight/obesity here on Science & Sensibility not too long ago. Throughout the series, we looked at the common complications associated with maternal obesityand questioned which of those complications were iatr
August 04, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
[As World Breastfeeding Week winds down, we thought it appropriate to share some uplifting stories of breastfeeding gone right...and the joy, empowerment, health and wisdom written between the lines of these stories. Thank you to all who contributed. ]***Never Judge, Nurture and EducateI was h
August 02, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
A recent New York Times article highlighted this Cochrane Collaboration review about the use of Pitocin in labor.The review looked at eight randomized controlled studies including a total of 1,338 low-risk women experiencing spontaneous labor at term (parity was not defined) with an eye toward analy
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
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