Sociology of Normal Childbirth

A Doula Helps Change Law about Mandatory Erythromycin Ointment

June 8, 2020

Evidence-Based Birth ~ 2012 A Doula Helps Change Law about Mandatory Erythromycin Ointment Recently, I wrote about the evidence for erythromycin ointment in newborns. In my review of the evidence, I found that erythromycin is used to prevent eye infections that are caused by sexually transmitted diseases– chlamydia and gonorrhea. There are several evidence-based alternatives to erythromycin– including prenatal screening for chlamydia […]

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OB/GYN’s Beautiful Hypnobabies Waterbirth in the hospital with an OB

July 11, 2016

OB/GYN’s Beautiful Hypnobabies Waterbirth! Re-posted from –> https://www.hypnobabies.com/obgyns-beautiful-hypnobabies-waterbirth/   Thanks to Hypnobabies Instructor Julie Byers and Hypno-Mom Georgia for sharing this inspiring birth story with us. “I listened to the scripts when I was on call and to the affirmations every morning. I loved the affirmations. They were exactly what I needed to get a […]

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Right Use of Gravity, Maternal-Fetal Ejection Reflex, other labor tips

May 8, 2016

Maternal-Fetal Ejection Reflex ~ Designer Genes program a natural “labor saving devise”, the fruit of a physically and psychologically undisturbed spontaneous labor in a healthy mother There is a quantifiable biological difference associated with undisturbed spontaneous labor and birth. If one is fortunate enough to be present at a great many “undisturbed” labors, those “designer […]

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The Science & Safety of Community-based Midwifery ~ Physiological Foundation ~ Part 2

May 5, 2016

xyz The Science & Safety of Community-based Midwifery: Physiological Foundation of Midwifery Management Part II ~ Qualities of the Childbirth Experience & Parameters of physiological Management Qualities of Childbirth Experiences & its impact on Physiological Labor: The quality of the childbirth experience as defined by the mother extends beyond the moment or manner of delivery. Her experience […]

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The Science & Safety of Community-based Midwifery & Physiological Foundation of Evidenced-based Midwifery Care ~ Part 1

May 5, 2016

Part I ~ Science, Safety and the Best Use of Medical Services   Who & What  The historic definition of midwifery is: “Providing maternity care to healthy childbearing women and their babies during the normal events of physiological childbearing, that include support for the physical, biological, psychological and sociological well-being of the mother-to-be. Midwife-attended home […]

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