Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
November 15, 2009 | by: Katharine Hikel
This is a guest contribution from Katharine Hikel, MD. Dr. Hikel is a writer on women's health for Medscape/WebMD. Peer-trained in feminist women's health clinics, she is also a graduate of Harvard and the University of Vermont College of Medicine. She lives in northern Vermont with her family.
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November 05, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Ask a bunch of expectant women what worries them about labor, and chances are many of them will say, "the pain." Much is made about pain in labor. Women prepare for it, nurses constantly assess it, anesthesiology departments exist to eliminate it, and so on. But while there are many experience
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
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 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 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
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: 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 25, 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
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
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