Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
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
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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
September 21, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Im a huge Mad Men fan. For readers who arent familiar with the show, it depicts the goings on at a New York City advertising company in the 1960s. The show has earned critical acclaim not just for its stellar acting and story telling, but for the shows authentic depiction of the styles, trends
September 14, 2009 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
Reports of new research studies can be found almost everywhere on a daily basis: On the nightly news, in mainstream magazines, in forwarded e-mails, on Facebook and Twitter feeds. But can these reports be taken at face value? Let's look at a few examples:First a small blurb published in
September 13, 2009 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
[Editor's Note: I'm absolutely thrilled to announce our newest regular contributor, Andrea Lythgoe. Andrea is a DONA-certified doula, hospital-based Lamaze childbirth educator, and instructor at the Midwives College of Utah. She is the author of the website UnderstandingResearch.com where she aims
September 10, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
As most readers of this blog are probably already aware, The Today Show ran an inflammatory piece about home birth this morning that parroted ACOGs long-standing scare tactics and anti-midwife rhetoric. Since I just wrote a post on the safety of home birth, I thought that rather than repeating the
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