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11/10/2015
"If I were at home, I would have died" — The trouble with extrapolating hospital birth events to... March 31, 2011 "If I were at home, I would have died" — The trouble with extrapolating hospital birth events to homebirth A midwife in North Carolina was recently charged with practicing midwifery without a license because her state does not offer licensure for Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs…
11/02/2015
11/02/2015
New Study Finds That It’s Safe To Eat During Labor A new study released by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, says that women are no longer at risk for aspirating if they eat food while in labor.
10/28/2015
The Most Scientific Birth Is Often the Least Technological Birth If you look at scientific literature, you find over and over again that many interventions increase risk to mother and child instead of decreasing it.
10/28/2015
10/27/2015
Great to hear. The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) announced this weekend that most healthy women can skip the fasting and, in fact, would benefit from eating a light meal during labor. http://asahq.org/about-asa/newsroom/news-releases/2015/10/eating-a-light-meal-during-labor
09/09/2015
My postpartum depression did not make me a bad mom Too many women keep silent about the terror of postpartum depression.
09/03/2015
09/02/2015
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08/31/2015
The More I Learn About Breast Milk, the More Amazed I Am To produce breast milk, mothers melt their own body fat. Are you with me? We literally dissolve parts of ourselves, starting with gluteal-femoral fat, aka our butts, and turn it into liquid to feed our babies. Before and after giving birth to my daughter 10 months ago, I was inundated with urgent di…
08/20/2015
The Birthing Site - It Really Will Be Okay: 6 Ways To Stop Fearing Birth Everyone knows that birth is scary. The word for the debilitating fear of giving birth is Tokophobia, and one in seven women is thought to suffer from...
08/20/2015
The Birthing Site - How to: Decide if You Need a Doula As one might expect, I think everyone deserves doula support as part of a strong, cohesive birthing team. I know the benefits of a trained professiona...