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Medications and Interventions During Labor
Technology has entered the birthing realm and often replaces the normal physiology of labor. Parents need to know the truth about all procedures.
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The Latest Trends in Childbirth
Are more babies being born these days? Has the cesarean rate gone up or down? What about the number of teen pregnancies? Find out the latest statistics in birth.
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Benefits of Choosing a Midwife
Hiring a midwife is no longer a choice just for the "yuppie" couples but makes sense if you want personal and natural care during your pregnancy and labor.
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Mother Directed Pushing
Mother directed pushing, also known as spontaneous pushing, during second stage labor has clear benefits.
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The Truth about Vacuum Deliveries
Complications occur more often with vacuum assisted deliveries. Using midwives, doulas and a variety of pushing positions can reduce the rate of vacuum extractions.
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The Business of Being Born: Review
An eye-opening childbirth video that looks at birth options in America, and encourages women to question the move away from midwives, natural delivery and home birth.
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Umbilical Cord Prolapse
A prolapsed cord is a life-threatening complication that can suddenly arise during labor. Pregnant women should know something about it, just in case.
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Walking Epidurals
One of the newest options for laboring women is known as the walking epidural. This medication allows pain relief and even the possibility of walking to the bathroom.
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Birthing Choices Part III: Homebirth
Proof that homebirth is safer than hospital births. Homebirth is not only more comfortable and loving for mothers, but safer and more sanitary for babies.
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Childbirth Class - Medications
In this class, we look at the medical interventions used during labor and birth and discover when they might be needed.
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Do Epidurals affect Babies?
Epidurals are administered to a growing number of women in labor today. A frequent question women want to know is whether an epidural will affect their baby.
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Choosing Between Unassisted and Midwife Assisted Homebirth
My personal decision-making process, along with points to consider and resources to check out for making either choice in your own homebirth.
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Natural Birth vs. Medicated Birth
The benefits of natural childbirth are numerous. There can be situations, however, when mothers can benefit from pain medication. How do you decide?
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Vaginal birth creates "needless" pelvic floor disorders?
Women will only agree to cesarean section (CS) if they are convinced it is safe for them and their baby. One of the first efforts of obstetricians promoting CS has been to take the scientific evidence on risks of CS and skew the data until it confesses to what they want it to say.
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