Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
June 17, 2015 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
By Christina Gebel, MPH, LCCE, Birth Doula Christina Gebel, MPH, LCCE, Doula writes a reflective post examining current birthing conditions to see how today's practices might be interfering with the the normal hormonal physiology and consequently impacting women's ability to give birth. Times have
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June 15, 2015 | by: Henci Goer, BA
Neel Shah, Harvard Medical School assistant professor and practicing obstetrician, commenting in the New England Journal of Medicine Perspectives section - "A NICE Delivery - The Cross-Atlantic Divide over Treatment Intensity in Childbirth", agrees with new United Kingdom National Institu
June 10, 2015 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
On Monday, I shared the news that Lamaze International has just released a new mobile app "Pregnancy to Parenting" that families can download from the Google Play or Apple App store for their smart phones. With this app, they can receive valuable tips and tools, and useful evidence based inform
June 07, 2015 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Lamaze International is delighted to announce the launch of their new "Pregnancy to Parenting" mobile app for families. This just released app is meant to be a comprehensive evidence based resource for people to use during the childbearing year and is free to anyone who downloads it. In addition t
June 03, 2015 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
Last Tuesday, in part one of this two part post series, Andrea Lythgoe explained the Health Belief Model in her blog post Understanding the Health Belief Model. Andrea discussed the different components that make up this model. As we learned, perception is key and there are several different ways
June 01, 2015 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
Today, regular contributor Andrea Lythgoe explains what the "Health Belief Model" is and how it may influence the decisions that your students and clients make. As childbirth educators and other birth professionals, we sometimes scratch our head at the choices that some of the families we work with
May 27, 2015 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
By Cynthia Good Mojab, MS, LMHCA, IBCLC, RLC, CATSM Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Ph.D, author, IBCLC, researcher, internationally acclaimed speaker and occasional contributor to our blog, has written a new book - "A Breastfeeding-Friendly Approach to Postpartum Depression: A Resource Guide for Health
May 25, 2015 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
By Cara Terreri, LCCE May's Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators idea is all about the postpartum period. Lots of families don't realize that good childbirth classes not only prepare families for the labor and birth but can be a wealth of information about the first weeks with a new baby. Tod
May 17, 2015 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
"I hope I have made women aware that they have choices, they can get to know their body and trust their body." Elisabeth Bing, 1914-2015, Co-Founder of Lamaze International Elisabeth Bing, known as the "mother of Lamaze" passed away on Friday, May 15th, 2015 in her home in New York City, NY a few
May 11, 2015 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
By Eleni Z. Tsigas May is Preeclampsia Awareness Month and the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology highlighted some new research published by doctors and researchers at the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative that demonstrated that the majority of preeclampsia-related deaths could have bee
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