Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
April 07, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Just a few weeks before her death last year, Karen Kilson, a beloved local doula and childbirth educator, sent me this email: She didnt hear back from me, because it was one of too many emails I let sit in my inbox until I had the time to write a coherent response. And in the meantime she passed
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April 03, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
It sounded like an April Fools joke, except the story broke two days early. Doctors in North Carolina induced and ultimately performed a cesarean on a woman who wasnt pregnant. The case happened in 2008 but we all learned about it this week because the North Carolina Medical Board finished their
March 28, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
First, a confession: I am no expert in qualitative research. I read a lot of it, and I understand the basic principles, but Ive never taken a course to learn the specific methodologies. I know enough to know when Im looking at good quality qualitative research, to have a few favorite qualitative
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
February 24, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services Mother-Friendly Forum and Im happy to report that I made it to Austin ahead of the big North East storm. I have been to all but one CIMS Forum in the past 5 years, slinging infants to a couple of them. They just keep get
February 16, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
Pretty much everyone would agree that there is bias in research. Most people would say that bias is inherently bad. While it absolutely can be a bad thing, it cant be completely eliminated. So what can be done about bias in research? There are many kinds of bias: Researcher bias: researcher sets
February 15, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
Weve finished our series on finding research articles, the next series will focus on how to critically read articles in order to evaluate them. I think we all know there is good research and bad research, so now well explore how to tell the difference. Youve found an article that looks promising
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