Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
November 23, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
No matter how you are choosing to spend today, or where you are located across the globe, please accept our deepest gratitude and thanks for your effort and time to make this world a better place for families everywhere.
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November 21, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
This video - "How to Learn Faster" - created by AsapScience provides some background into the research that explains how people learn and how they can improve the speed at which they learn new material.
November 16, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Every November our focus turns to prematurity and Prematurity Awareness Month. In particular, November 17th (tomorrow) is Prematurity Awareness Day. For the second year in a row, the rate of babies born prematurely has risen and is now at 9.8% for 2016, up from 9.6 % in 2015.
November 14, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Five tips for childbirth educators on teaching how to effectively push a baby out from Kathleen Donahoe, COO and co-owner of Oh Baby! Fitness. Learn how to help your students feel strong and confident when they get to the pushing phase.
November 09, 2017 | by: Jordan Alam, LCCE
We are following along with Jordan Alam as she prepares to sit for the Lamaze exam and starts teaching childbirth classes. This series Journey to LCCE and Teaching Lamaze Classes can help educators following a similar path to find community in others who are doing the same thing.
November 07, 2017 | by: Christina Gebel, MPH, LCCE
Faith-based childbirth classes serve a purpose for those families seeking education that combines their spiritual beliefs with preparing for birth and baby. Christina Gebel talks about her Catholic childbirth program in our next post in the Welcoming All Families series.
November 02, 2017 | by: Henci Goer, BA
Making the rounds on the internet is a report of a new study that supposedly shows that epidurals dont slow labor or increase instrumental vaginal or cesarean delivery. Henci Goer reviews the research.
October 31, 2017 | by: Stacie Marie Bingham, LCCE, CD(DONA), CBS
Shared decision making seems to be a popular phrase with medical organizations these days, and thats fantastic. Whats not fantastic is that consumers dont know that shared decision making is something they are owed, something they can demand, something they deserve. Thats where educators come in
October 27, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Lamaze 2017 Advocacy Summit was a great success with over 100 Lamaze members visiting their politicians on Capitol Hill to advocate for maternal-infant health and childbirth education.
October 24, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Sharon Muza interviews Neel Shah, MD, MPP about the role of childbirth educators in helping to make improvements in maternal-infant health.
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