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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Consensus statement (ACOG-SMFM) on “normal” progress in 1st stage labor

May 1, 2016

The month of May is devoted normative information from a 2014 “Obstetric Care Consensus” project by ACOG & Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM). Today’s topic is the length of 1st stage labor (from an obstetrical perspective). Prior to today topic is the basic information & abstract from “Safe Prevention of the Primary Cesarean Delivery” PDF Format Number […]

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Dealing successfully w/ very early labor, esp when it starts @ nite

April 26, 2016

Wise Woman Way of Birth http://wisewomanwayofbirth.com/insiders-tip-on-how-to-have-a-great-vbac/ Original title: Insider’s Tip on How to Have a Great VBAC Posted on October 9, 2009 The following is a post I sent to the ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network) list. It is very, very important information for ALL birthing women and can make all the difference in a VBAC birth. […]

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Early Screening of Newborns for Critical Congenital Heart Defects ~ Use of Pulse Oximeter for

June 7, 2015

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/heartdefects/cchd-facts.html Facts about Critical Congenital Heart Defects as published by US Centers for Disease Control  About 1 in every 4 babies born with a heart defect has a critical congenital heart defect (critical CHD, also known as critical congenital heart disease). {1} Babies with a critical CHD need surgery or other procedures in the first year […]

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Cochrane Review – Labor Partograms – no improvement, no difference, no evidence for routine use

May 25, 2015

Cochrane Collaboration ~ Intervention Review Effect of partogram use on outcomes for women in spontaneous labour at term Tina Lavender1,*, Anna Hart [2], Rebecca MD Smyth [1] Editorial Group: Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group Published Online: 10 JUL 2013 Assessed as up-to-date: 17 JUN 2013 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005461.pub4 Copyright © 2013 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley […]

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