Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
March 15, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
By Elizabeth Mitchell Armstrong, Ph.D., M.P.A. Last month the Centers for Disease Control ramped up their warnings and released a new campaign to discourage any woman of reproductive age who is not on birth control to abstain from drinking any alcohol at all, along with those who are currently at a
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March 10, 2016 | by: Henci Goer, BA
The research and interest in discovering what might be the underlying causes of autism continues to climb as the number of diagnoses of children and adults with autism increases every year. Today on the blog, author Henci Goer puts several recent studies under the microscope to see if the researche
March 08, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Next month the Lamaze International exam to become a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator will be held April 13-15th all around the world. The exam will also be offered for a second time this year in November. The deadline to register for the spring exam is just around the corner
March 03, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
By Rebekah Wheeler, RN, CNM, MPH By Muhammad Mahdi Karim (www.micro2macro.net) FacebookYoutube Own work, GFDL 1.2,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11185617 The Zika virus and its potential effect on pregnant people have been hot topics for the past several weeks. News he
March 01, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
The Zika virus and its potential effect on pregnant people have been hot topics for the past several weeks. News headlines, health alerts, social media and more have been busy offering up information and suggestions about this virus that no one seemed to know about before 2016.
February 25, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
By Gabrielle Volkmer This months Brilliant Activities for BirthEducators idea comes from Gabrielle Volkmer, an ICEA certified childbirth educator living in Lincoln, NE. Gabrielle works hard during her class time helping families to understand the importance of informed consent and refusal
February 23, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Lamaze International has been in the business of preparing childbirth educators to teach and share evidence based information about pregnancy, birth and parenting for almost 60 years. Lamaze has also been a name that consumers have asked for and trusted over the same time period.
February 16, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Sometimes, as a childbirth educator, you have a class where everything goes right. You know what I am talking about, right? All your jokes are found humorous by the families in your class.
February 10, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
By Cara Terreri and Sharon MuzaFor many of childbirth educators, the topic of precautions to take during pregnancy comes up early on in our childbirth classes. I know I cover this information in week one in all of my series classes. Included in our classroom learning is the topic of alco
February 03, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Lamaze International has created a very extensive selection of online classes for expecting families. Currently there are eight classes in the online catalogue, from a free early pregnancy class-Prepared for Pregnancy: Start Off Right to parenting classes, breastfeeding instruction and even a VBAC
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