Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
January 17, 2011 | by: Amanda Blaz DPT
Please welcome new Science & Sensibility contributor, Amanda Blaz, DPT. Amanda is a Physical Therapist in south central Montana and has recently completed her Certificate of Achievement in Pregnancy and Postpartum Physical Therapy (CAPP-OB) from the Section on
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January 17, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
Following posts like this one from last week, it's encouraging to see that breastfeeding initiation rates have continued to rise in recent years. But, as Science & Sensibility contributor Edith Kernerman, IBCLC, pointed out: the rates of breastfeeding exclusivity at the six-month-postpartum
January 09, 2011 | by: Edith Kernerman
There is much to celebrate in the breastfeeding world in regard to the world-wide increase in initiation rates (let's ignore Ireland's abysmal 47%). Alas, such numbers plummet as we speak about duration rates. Canada's disappointing record of 17% of babies exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months
January 05, 2011 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
In the last issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, a large Norwegian study was published by Camilla Haavaldsen MD, et al, which looked at the association of fetal death in relation to maternal age and length of gestation. It is, after all, no secret that in many cultures
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
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
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