Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
May 14, 2012 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Science is simply common sense at its best. ~Thomas HuxleyScience. Sensibility. Science and sensibility are good words. I gravitate to these words naturally. These words offer me security, comfort and a feeling of order in the world. I am delighted and honored to
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May 10, 2012 | by: Kathy Morelli
this is a guest post by Jessica Zucker, Ph.D.Part Two: Fortifying Parenthood: Know YourselfPart Two is about the importance of knowing yourself as a step towards developing healthy parenting practices.Q: How can I prepare to become a parent who offers my child(ren) a different experience than I had
May 08, 2012 | by: Kathy Morelli
This is a guest post by Jessica Zucker, Ph.D.Part One: Fortifying Parenthood: Infant AttachmentPart One is about managing expectations about infant attachment and how to foster the infant bondInfant attachment: Easier than we thinkParents are often burdened by internalized expectations surrounding a
May 04, 2012 | by: Kathy Morelli
Childbirth Professionals: Positive Actions and Words that Heal As I write this, I wonder how the childbirth community feels about this issue? I would certainly understand if it brings up discomfort. I'd love to hear your point of view! You can help a lot by becoming educated about perinat
May 04, 2012 | by: Lamaze Administrator
As regular readers know, Lamaze has been searching for a new Community Manager for this blog. Its been a rigorous process with many fantastic applicants, each of whom would have brought the blog in great new directions. We had to make a choice and we are thrilled to introduce officially our new Sci
May 02, 2012 | by: Kathy Morelli
In January of 2012, Marian MacDorman and her colleagues compiled a data brief for the United States Department of Health & Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. This brief, entitled Home Births in the United States, 1990- 2009, noted la
April 30, 2012 | by: Kathy Morelli
We wrap up Cesarean Awareness Month and acknowledge the week of International Midwifery Day with a post about an initiative to create a VBAC Friendly Hospital, led by midwives.ln honor of Cesarean Awareness Month, Lakeisha Dennis, the Chapter Leader of International Cesarean Awareness Network
April 27, 2012 | by: Kathy Morelli
This is a guest post by Trish DeTura, RN, CNM, MS, MAMA PresidentPregnancy is such an exciting time in a womans life filled with the great wonder of what is to be. However, it may also be a time of great stress as a womans body goes through a great metamorphosis. Some of the common discomforts of
April 25, 2012 | by: Kathy Morelli
A guest post by Deborah Issokson, Psy.D.Childbearing is a vulnerable process.Regardless of our profession within the childbirth world, we are working to facilitate an experience that has a positive emotional outcome accompanied by a healthy psychological adjustment to motherhood. It is incumbent upo
April 23, 2012 | by: Kathy Morelli
A guest post by Sana Johnson-Quijada, MDAutism is a syndrome, not a disease, with multiple genetic and non-genetic causes (Muhle, Trentacoste and Rapin; 2004). Current research has not been able to clearly define a definite cause of autism.A recent study has added to our body of knowledge about auti
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