Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
July 05, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Arms Wide Open: A Midwife Journey (Boston, Beacon Press) by Patricia Harman,CNM, is more than a memoir tailored to female sensibilities. It is a counterattack to the construed version of pregnancy, birth and womanhood that so many media outlets insist upon perpetuating. A year ago, I wrote a post a
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June 30, 2011 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
Try being a primary care provider treating a pregnant woman who is on antidepressants. Dr. Michael Kleins recent S&S post [about his newly published research] aptly considered the power of attitudes and beliefs to shape practices and maintain problematic paradigms. The same attitude
June 28, 2011 | by: Jacqueline Levine, LCCE,FACCE,CD, CLC
Mother and Child Reunion The goal of Lamaze "Healthy Birth Practice #6, Keeping Mother and Baby Together - It's Best for Mother, Baby, and Breastfeeding" is to encourage and support mothers so they may confidently insist that they not be separated from their newborns, and be allowed to have ample
June 22, 2011 | by: Michael Klein MD
Research by our UBC affiliated Child and Family Research Institute has revealed that the increase in Caesarean section rates across Canada may be largely due to the attitudes and beliefs of the obstetricians and other providers towards birth technology and Caesarean sections. 81 per cent of obstetri
June 20, 2011 | by: Joanne I Leigh-Murfin, RN, LCCE
Its probably fair to say that most women who decide to have an epidural during labor dont consider its possible impact on breastfeeding. Perhaps this is because no thought is given generally to any possible links between drugs and breastfeeding success (or otherwise). Instead, both pregnant (or la
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
How Much do Expectant Women (and their partners) Really Know about Childbirth? There has been much ado in the popular media as well as the blogosphere in recent days, about a trio of studies recently released, demonstrating attitudes about childbirthfrom both the maternity care providers
June 14, 2011 | by: Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
[Editor's note: in this installment of our maternal obesity series, Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett will guide us through a review of maternal obesity as it pertains to breastfeeding. To read this series from the beginning, go here. Tomorrow, we will finish up with some final th
June 14, 2011 | by: Joanne I Leigh-Murfin, RN, LCCE
[Editor's note: In this, our last segment of the Maternal Obesity from All Sides series, Pamela Vireday shares with us some thoughts regarding prevention, and lived experiences of women of size. To read the series from the beginning, go here. Thank you to ALL of our contributors to
June 12, 2011 | by: Joanne I Leigh-Murfin, RN, LCCE
[Editor's note: In today's post, sixth out of our eight-part series on maternal obesity, Pamela Vireday takes a closer look at the research surrounding pregnant women of size. To read Pam's first post, go here. To read this series from the beginning, go here.] Rethinking the Paradigm: An Insider's
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