Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
December 29, 2010 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
As 2010 winds down with The New Year on the horizon, let us take a moment to contemplate what we have accomplished here at Science & Sensibility over the past twelve months. Largely commandeered by Amy Romano in the past year, S&S has seen a 78% increase in world-wide traffic with over
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December 26, 2010 | by: Joni Nichols
Each month, the Science & Sensibility community will review one of Lamazes Six Healthy Birth Practices in sequential order. Today, new S&S contributor Joni Nichols will discuss Healthy Birth Practice #1: Let Labor Begin on Its Own. Reviewing the very first recommendation of the Lamaze Six
December 22, 2010 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
Honesty is disarming. It should set the stage for dialogue. Jane Honikman, M.S., founder, Postpartum Support International One of the first written accounts of postpartum mood disorders was in 1436. Margery Kempe, mother of 14, wrote: Wherefore after that her child was born she, not trusting
December 20, 2010 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
A few weeks ago, I was invited to teach a one-time, free, community education class on breastfeeding basics. As an independent, Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator in my community, I was happy to obligerecognizing that low-cost or no-cost community health education classes play an important role
December 15, 2010 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
In the last few weeks, several of us here at Science & Sensibility have spent time discussing various issues surrounding a womans experience before, during and after pregnancy, labor and birth. We have contemplated risk factors for postpartum depression and how to survey pregnant women fo
December 13, 2010 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
The journal article referenced in this post may be accessed here (http://tinyurl.com/2azmhmg) for free, in the event you do not have access to the Journal of Perinatal Education on linea benefit of Lamaze membership. Introduction As a childbirth educator, the Journal of Perinatal Education has
December 08, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
As I prepare for next weeks webinar on payment reform to align incentives with quality, I have been thinking a lot about how we pay for maternity care in this country, and the opportunities to rein in costs while improving the quality of care. I have concluded that we face both an unprecedented
December 05, 2010 | by: Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
In a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Australian researchers Maria Makrides and colleagues reported on the results of a large clinical trial testing the efficacy of DHA in preventing postpartum depression and improving childrens cognitive and language development at
December 02, 2010 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Childbirth educator, doula and midwife apprentice Cole Deelah recently posted her thoughts on the beauty of vernix caseosa on her blog site Sage Beginnings. Referencing a 2004 study published in ACOG's Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Deelah reminds us of the protective benefits vernix
November 30, 2010 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Recently, Boston.com featured this article as proof that an increasing number of women are spending more time worrying about their appearance during and after childbirth, than the birth process itself. Of course, those of us who have participated in childbirth in one form or another will like
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