Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
September 08, 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 move to the blog format and launch Science & Sensibility. In order to bring all of our research resources together in one place, we are adding
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September 07, 2009 | by: Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
[Editors Note: This is our fourth installment of guest posts from Lamaze Internationals 2009 Annual Conference speakers. Dr. Kendall-Tackett will present the Opening Plenary Address at this years conference. You can listen to podcast interviews will all of our plenary speakers online.
September 02, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Launched in 2004 to summarize the evidence for a healthy, safe, and natural approach to labor and birth care, Lamaze's Care Practice Papers, have just undergone their second update. Now referred to as The Six Lamaze Healthy Birth Practices, the latest update incorporates current evidence as we
August 30, 2009 | by: Jennifer M.C. Torres
[Editors Note: This is our third installment of guest posts from Lamaze Internationals 2009 Annual Conference speakers. You can read all of our conference previews by clicking on the Lamaze 2009 Annual Conference tag. We hope to see you October 1-4 in Orlando at the Lamaze International 2009
August 30, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
In preparing the Home Birth chapter for the forthcoming second edition of Obstetric Myths versus Research Realities, I have literally just finished reading the entire body of literature on planned home birth. Just last week, I said to my co-author, Henci Goer, frankly, Im pretty underwhelmed by
August 29, 2009 | by: Henci Goer, BA
[Editors Note: Lamaze International is in the process of moving the archives of our When Research is Flawed series to Science & Sensibility. When Research is Flawed is a series of brief critiques of influential studies that have shaped policy and practice, despite having serious flaws, significant
August 29, 2009 | by: Mayri Sagady Leslie
[Editor's Note: I would like to give a warm welcome to Science & Sensibility's newest regular contributor, Mayri Sagady Leslie. Mayri has a brilliant mind for making sense of obstetric research and has over a decade of experience putting evidence-based principles into practice as a nurse-midwife
August 25, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
August 23, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
On September 15 I will give my webinar, Transparency in Maternity Care: Bringing Birth Out of the Dark to Improve Quality. I've presented this talk many times before and the feedback is always great. The webinar will give you the evidence to build the case for transparency in maternity care. We will
August 16, 2009 | by: Henci Goer, BA
Ahh, the new ACOG induction guidelines, so much to dislike, so little time. Still, others are also commenting, so I will focus on debunking ACOGs portrayal of misoprostol. ACOG STATEMENT: There is . . . a large body of published reports supporting (misoprostols) safety and efficacy when used
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