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Maternity Care On the National Agenda – New Opportunities for Educators and...
Today, Amy Romano, CNM, MSN, Associate Director of Programs for Childbirth Connection (and former Community Manager for this blog) follows up last Thursday’s post, Have You Made the Connection with...
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Assessing Birth Settings to Improve Value and Optimize Outcomes in U.S....
by Wendy Gordon, CPM, LM, MPH, MANA Division of Research, Assistant Professor, Bastyr University Dept of Midwifery Today, occasional contributor, midwife and researcher Wendy Gordon, LM, CPM, MPH,...
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MANA Response to Recent AAP Home Birth Statement: High-quality...
By Geradine Simkins, CNM, MSN, Executive Director of Midwives Alliance of North America This week, the American Academy of Pediatrics released a policy statement on home birth. While the statement...
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Do We Need to Turn Up the Volume on Lamaze’s Healthy Birth Practices? What...
Childbirth Connection’s Listening to Mothers Initiative just released the Listening to Mothers III (LTMIII) results late last week. For the third time in the past 11 years, this organization has gone...
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Remembering Dr. John Kennell and His Great Contributions to Mothers and...
It was with great sadness that I read about the death of Dr. John Kennell on August 27, 2013 in Cleveland, OH. Dr. Kennell, a pediatrician and researcher, had a long history of contributions to the...
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Childbirth Connection Joins with the National Partnership for Women &...
A favorite resource for both myself as a childbirth educator and one that I share frequently with families in my classes has long been Childbirth Connection. Since 1918, when this organization was...
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Home Birth After Hospital Birth: Women’s Choices and Reflections – A Research...
By Jessica English, LCCE, FACCE, CD(DONA), BDT(DONA) Today’s research examines the factors that influenced women who chose home birth for the subsequent child, after their previous child was born in a...
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The Best Practice Guidelines: Transfer from Home Birth to Hospital –...
By Lawrence Leeman, MD, MPH and Diane Holzer, LM, CPM, PA-C © http://www.mybirth.com.au/ On Tuesday, readers learned about the history and objectives of the Home Birth Consensus Summit, a collective...
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Remembering Doris Haire – A Great Leader in the Field of Maternal Infant Health
Doris Haire, a great leader in the campaign to improve maternal infant health in the USA has passed away. Ms. Haire died on June 7, 2014. She was 88 years old. Doris was one of the first true...
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“Pathway to a Healthy Birth”– Using Consumer Materials from Hormonal...
Last week, Dr. Sarah Buckley in coordination with Childbirth Connection released a new research report, “Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies and Maternity...
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Planned Home VBAC in the United States, 2004–2009: Outcomes, Maternity Care...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyeliam/7353095052/“Planned Home VBAC in the United States, 2004–2009: Outcomes, Maternity Care Practices, and Implications for Shared Decision Making” came out on August...
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The Start of the Lamaze/ICEA 2015 Conference – 10 Reasons This Will Be an...
I just arrived in Las Vegas at the conference hotel earlier today, after a relatively short travel day from my home in Seattle, WA. I am very excited for the conference to begin. I remember attending...
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Conference Wrap-Up and Save the Date for Lamaze International 2016 Conference!
Late Sunday night, I arrived home after attending the Lamaze International/ICEA Joint 2015 Conference in Las Vegas, NV. I am both exhausted and deeply satisfied. I enjoyed networking with other...
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Sharon Muza – Community Manager for Science & Sensibility Receives Lamaze...
By Cara Terreri, CD(DONA), LCCESharon Muza & Cara Terreri receive Lamaze International 2015 Media AwardOne of the highlights of the recent Lamaze International/ICEA 2015 Joint Conference in Las...
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The Top Ten Safety Messages to Share with New Parents – September is Baby...
By Jenny Burris Harvey, BA, CPSTSeptember is Baby Safety Month, and before the month entirely slips away, I wanted to acknowledge this and share some resources with childbirth educators that they can...
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Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators – An Anatomy Ice Breaker
© Sharon MuzaThis month’s “Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators” is one of my old standbys. I use it frequently at the beginning of a series class. Last week I started a new seven week series and...
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Interview with Alice Callahan about Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to...
In an earlier post on Science and Sensibility, regular contributor Anne Estes, PhD reviewed Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to Your Baby’s First Year, a new evidence-based book focused on...
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Series: Building Your Birth Business: Blog for a Business Boost!
Maintaining a blog as part of your website is an excellent way to keep your website content fresh, share useful information with clients (and potential clients!), and increase and maintain an excellent...
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The Numbers Are In – Good News on Key Birth Statistics, But Work Still to Be...
Last week, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), part of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released 2014 information from the National Vital Statistics System, which works...
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Honoring Henry Dean: A Mother Shares Her Journey after the Stillbirth of Her Son
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Today, October 15th, is also a special day of remembrance. As a childbirth educator and a doula, I have worked with several families over the...
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