Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
October 27, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
On the heels of our successful "Let Labor Begin On Its Own" Carnival, here is our second Healthy Birth Carnival! This time the theme is Lamaze's second Healthy Birth Practice: Walk, move around, and change positions throughout labor.Every single one of these posts is great, and on top of some really
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October 24, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
I am reposting this post from the archives in anticipation of this week's Healthy Birth Blog Carnival about movement in labor. It was one of the first posts I ever wrote, back before anyone was reading this blog. It's also one of my personal favorites.Earlier this year, media outlets shared the news
October 20, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Since we launched six months ago, Science & Sensibility has become a multidisciplinary hub for analysis of research in maternity care. I'm proud that we have a childbirth educator, a consumer advocate, and two clinicians among our regular contributors. We also regularly have consumers
October 15, 2009 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
This is the third article in our Understanding Research series.So you are at your index of choice. What now? You will need to use key words to search. The best way to learn to use key words effectively is to do a lot of practice searching. Some tips to help you get the most out of your practice
October 14, 2009 | by: Mayri Sagady Leslie
Once our children are born, it seems we have infinite patience for the great diversity and variety of growth and development among them. One gets teeth at this age, another a month later. My first walked at 9 months, my 2nd at a year and so on. We even seem to take it all in stride
October 07, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Last month, I announced the first in a series of Healthy Birth Blog Carnivals and asked for submissions from bloggers about letting labor begin on its own. How labor begins sets the stage for everything that follows, and with only a few exceptions, letting labor start on its own is the safest and
October 04, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Lamaze Internationals popular series, Research Summaries for Normal Birth, was discontinued in 2008 after four years of quarterly round-ups so that we could launchScience & Sensibility. In order to bring all of our research resources together in one place, we are adding the Research Summaries
September 30, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
I seriously have no time to blog right now. Im flying to Orlando for the Lamaze Conference this afternoon, and theres plenty on the to do list still! But I was putting the finishing touches on my powerpoint talk this morning and I had to get a little something off my chest. My talk is called
September 29, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Ive had an interest in internet use among pregnant women for a while. Its pretty remarkable to think about the access women have to information and collective wisdom and the potential that holds for their empowerment and informed decision making. Although I had envisioned some pretty nifty things
September 22, 2009 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
Most research studies are published in professional journals. Some journals are published by a trade group or organization, such as JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, or Lamaze Internationals own Journal of Perinatal Education. Some journals are freestanding, independent of any
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