Latest Natural childbirth Stories
Recent nursing research on "Kangaroo Care" indicates early health benefits for baby.The Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) of Women's Excellence in Midwifery have put this research into practice immediately after birth at Crittenton Hospital in Rochester, MI. Oakland County, Michigan (PRWEB) December 27, 2012 Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs), Tracie Achrem and Chris Borowski, of Women's Excellence in Midwifery are putting evidence-based care into practice at Crittenton...
The Women's Excellence brand has added a midwifery practice to its services. Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs), Chris Borowski and Tracie Achrem, have been granted privileges to deliver at Crittenton Hospital in Rochester, MI. Rochester, Michigan (PRWEB) December 05, 2012 While other Michigan hospitals are growing larger and impersonal, Crittenton Hospital in Rochester, MI continues to offer superior personalized health care on a smaller scale. Crittenton's state-of-the-art Labor...
Women who have a fear of childbirth spend longer in labor than women who have no such fear, suggests new research published today (27 June) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Between 5 and 20% of pregnant women have a fear of childbirth. Various factors have been associated with increased prevalence of fear of childbirth, including young maternal age, being a first-time mother, pre-existing psychological problems, lack of social support and a history of abuse...
High Rates of Induction, Primary C-Section Do Not Improve Infant Outcomes in Low-Risk Women at Community HospitalsIn low-risk pregnant women, high induction and first-cesarean delivery rates do not lead to improved outcomes for newborns, according to new research published in the April issue of The Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine.The finding that rates of intervention at delivery "“ whether high, low, or in the middle "“ had no bearing on the health of new babies brings...
The growing trend to move miles away from hometowns and family for work is leaving many women feeling "˜ignorant and ill-equipped' to cope with pregnancy and childbirth. According to a University of Warwick study of motherhood, many women do not have the support and advice they need when they have a baby because they live too far from close family. The study also suggests the modern practice of encouraging new mothers to give birth in hospital means women often have no experience of...
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Ina May Gaskin - the woman widely described as the "most famous" and "most authentic" midwife in the world - never even took a formal midwifery course. Nevertheless, obstetricians, who in most of the developed world prefer to deliver all babies themselves, have given her the ultimate honor - naming an obstetric procedure that literally saves life and limb after this unusual woman. Observing how uneducated, poor women deliver babies under primitive conditions...
By White, Kerry Abstract HypnoBirthing* has been described in many print media articles and featured on at least two evening television programs in Australia since 2001. This media coverage has generated great interest in the community - as much among the mothers, and mothers- to-be as the hypnotherapists. Many hypnotherapists have been curious about this well-known HypnoBirthing program. Some have already been specialising in preparing mothers for childbirth using hypnotherapy, whilst other...
By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women who receive counseling to ease their fear of giving birth may elect to have a cesarean section more often than other women, a Swedish study suggests. Whether that's a good or bad thing is an open question. Some experts believe C-sections, which result in longer recovery times and hospital stays, should be performed only when medically necessary. But if an elective C-section helps a particularly anxious woman have a more positive...
Planned home births for low risk women in the United States are associated with similar safety and less medical intervention as low risk hospital births, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Midwives involved with home births are often not well integrated into the healthcare system in the United States and evidence on the safety of such home births is limited. In the largest study of its kind internationally to date, researchers analysed over 5000 home births involving certified professional...
