Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
January 01, 2010 | by: Henci Goer, BA
Many of you will have read the story of the woman laboring on Christmas Eve who suddenly went into respiratory and cardiac arrest in front of her horrified husband. She recovered shortly after her son was delivered by emergency cesarean, and the baby, too, was successfully revived. As the MSNBC
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November 10, 2009 | by: Henci Goer, BA
This is off my usual beat, but a relative asked me to investigate progesterone treatment to prevent preterm birth. In her first pregnancy, membranes ruptured at 31 weeks and the baby was born a week later. (The baby was fine thanks to her mother taking good care of herself in pregnancy, steroids to
October 29, 2009 | by: Henci Goer, BA
This is the title of a Medical News Today piece, actually a re-posting of a press release from a coalition of websites that promote elective cesarean surgery. The press release claims that the 2009 edition of the WHO's "Monitoring Emergency Obstetric Care: A Handbook" has rescinded its 1985
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 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
July 26, 2009 | by: Henci Goer, BA
According to Listening to Mothers II, a survey of U.S. women giving birth in 2005, 17% of women having vaginal birth reported a health professional pressing down on her belly to help push the baby out (Declercq 2006, p. 35). This is called fundal pressure, and 17% is fairly common, so I decided to
June 22, 2009 | by: Henci Goer, BA
The June 2009 issue of Birth contains the results of a pilot study gauging the effects of modifying the labor room to encourage mobility, reduce stress and anxiety, and discourage routine medical intervention. Investigators randomly allocated 62 healthy women in spontaneous labor to either
May 21, 2009 | by: Henci Goer, BA
I was reading a Los Angeles Times article on the overuse of cesarean surgery when one quote leapt off the page at me. Said Dr. Elliot Main, chief of obstetrics of a California hospital chain, 'Cesarean birth ends up being a profit center in hospitals, so there's not a lot of incentive to reduce them
May 10, 2009 | by: Henci Goer, BA
Editors note: This week brings us the first contribution from Henci Goer. Henci will be a regular contributor to Science & Sensibility, and continues to respond to reader questions on the Ask Henci Forum. AMR I was pulling together studies for the chapter on cesarean for Amys and my new edition
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