Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
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.
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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.
April 19, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Cesarean surgery is the most common inpatient surgical procedure in Canada, similar to the United States. 28.2% of all Canadian births were cesarean births in 2016-2017.
April 12, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
International Maternal Health and Rights Day has been set aside to recognize that every person has the right to receive high quality, respectful care before, during and after their pregnancies.
April 10, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Black Maternal Health Week is a week that centers awareness on Black families and the inequitable outcomes that they bear during pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
April 05, 2018 | by: Abbie Libby
As Lamaze programs spread out across the globe, we celebrate the addition of these Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educators (LCCEs) representing many cultures. Lamaze International's new "Online Education Majority Countries Discount Program" helps support educators in diverse locations globally.
April 03, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
April is Cesarean Awareness Month. This moving poem and photograph kick off our month of awareness here on Science & Sensibility.
March 29, 2018 | by: Mallory Emerson, LCCE
Families want to understand the importance of Healthy Birth Practice #5 and to experience physiological pushing in an upright position. To increase awareness of what that might look like in a variety of positions, and provide the families in my classes a quick cheat sheet, I created this activity.
March 27, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
I would like to invite you to participate in the upcoming second annual March for Moms event in Washington D.C. on May 6th, 2018. Lamaze International is proud to be an official partner of the March for Moms!
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