Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
May 30, 2018 | by: Tanya Strusberg, LCCE, FACCE
This month's Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators is a fun activity using lots of little manipulatives that will increase learning for families while enjoying themselves in class.
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May 24, 2018 | by: Mindy A. Cockeram, LCCE
Just like when climbing a mountain, food and fluid are the fuels that keep your muscles working and allow you to keep going in labor. Since hospitals generally discourage eating in labor (or outright wont allow it), this is a discussion that I have with my childbirth class families.
May 22, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Newborn and family sleep is often a difficult but critical topic to cover in childbirth classes. Parents are getting a lot of mixed messages from many sources about where the baby should sleep. Is it time to change the message that parents get about bedsharing?
May 18, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Spring often brings updates to current vital statistics information for maternal-infant care in the United States. This provisional data includes 99.93% of all reported births in the United States in 2017. It is the most up to date information available.
May 15, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
May is Preeclampsia Awareness Month. Preeclampsia does not go away after delivery in some cases. Childbirth educators and other birth professionals can play a key role in helping to spread this message and supporting families in being diligent in postpartum symptoms.
May 08, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Lamaze was one of the MfM sponsors and it was great to see our organization's name up there on the huge center stage. I was proud of the role that my certifying body has taken in standing with other leaders in maternal-infant health to improve outcomes for families and supporting this event.
May 03, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
May 5th is International Day of the Midwife, a day recognized globally to thank and appreciate all that midwives around the world do to help families have safe and healthy births.
May 01, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
May is International Doula Month. A doula is a professional who provides emotional, physical and informational support to families during the childbearing year.
April 26, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
April is Cesarean Awareness Month and today's Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators post closes out the month with an activity designed to help families distinguish between "hard" and "soft" reasons for a cesarean birth.
April 24, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
ACOG released new recommendations for postpartum contact in a Committee Opinion "Optimizing Postpartum Care" that recognizes more frequent and comprehensive services during the postpartum period can help to identify problems, offer treatment and refer to other professionals.
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