A small, underfunded hospital in Arizona, with about 500 births a year, is outperforming richer institutions when it comes to keeping Caesarean rates down.
Source: Lessons at Tuba City Hospital, Run by Navajos, About Births – The New York Times
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Getting Pregnant After a Miscarriage – The New York Times
A new study suggests it can be fine to try again as soon as possible.
Source: Getting Pregnant After a Miscarriage – The New York Times
Column: Home births, midwives, hospitals and the battle over being born | PBS NewsHour
A study released last month highlighting the risk associated with home births has reignited an increasingly polarizing debate among obstetricians, midwives and opinionated mothers everywhere.
Source: Column: Home births, midwives, hospitals and the battle over being born | PBS NewsHour
Post-Cesarean Bacteria Transfer Could Change Health for Life, Study Shows – The New York Times
“A new study shows that a mother’s beneficial microbes can be transferred, at least partially, from her vagina to her baby after a C-section.” (The New York Times)
My colleagues here in Westchester County have been practicing this for the last few years. Nice to see that The New York Times has picked up the story, which, like the story about the NHS in the UK recommending midwifery care to low-risk pregnant women instead of OB/hospital care — will hopefully mean that that swabbing the vagina pre-surgery and transferring the microbes to the baby directly following will become standard practice.
Source: Post-Cesarean Bacteria Transfer Could Change Health for Life, Study Shows – The New York Times
Six Reasons to Break Up With Your Prenatal Caregiver – Mothering
Thank you to Cynthia Overgard for sharing this blog post with us. It was originally published on Cynthia’s blog, HypnoBirthing of Connecticut. No doubt about it: Deep breathing, visualization and relaxation tools are powerful when it comes to having a positive birth. HypnoBirthing not only helped me, but hundreds of my couples to have comfortable, natural births. But … Continue reading Six Reasons to Break Up With Your Prenatal Caregiver
Source: Six Reasons to Break Up With Your Prenatal Caregiver – Mothering
Women With A Doula Are Less Likely To Have Preterm Birth : Shots – Health News : NPR
Doulas provide emotional support for a woman through pregnancy and childbirth. A study finds that women with doulas are less likely to have cesarean or preterm births.
Source: Women With A Doula Are Less Likely To Have Preterm Birth : Shots – Health News : NPR
When a Big Baby Isn’t So Big – The New York Times
Research showed that mothers who believed they were having large babies were nearly five times more likely to ask for a scheduled C-section.
The Human Microbiome: considerations for pregnancy, birth and early mothering | MidwifeThinking
Source: The Human Microbiome: considerations for pregnancy, birth and early mothering | MidwifeThinking
C-Sections Are Best With a Little Labor, a Study Says – The New York Times
A study found more health problems among children born via planned cesarean births than among babies delivered by emergency C-section or vaginal birth.
Source: C-Sections Are Best With a Little Labor, a Study Says – The New York Times
Breast-Feeding Is Good for Mothers, Not Just Babies, Studies Suggest – The New York Times
Breast milk may provide the ideal nourishment for an infant, but two recent studies are putting a different spin on the bottle-versus-breast debate. Please click on the link below to read:
Source: Breast-Feeding Is Good for Mothers, Not Just Babies, Studies Suggest – The New York Times
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