Lectura sobre Evidencia y Estudios Cochrane Online Course on Evidence Based Medicine The Cochrane Collaboration offers a free online course covering the basics of evidence based medicine. The Birth Facts Online collection of links to studies and abstracts organized by topic. Evidence Based Birth Great site with practice bulletins, online courses and other great info. […]
Understanding Research
Understanding Research Understanding Research is designed to be a simple resource for birth professionals who want to learn to read the academic literature about birth. Here you’ll find information on how to find what is out there and understand what you read. http://www.understandingresearch.com
Spotify Releases ‘Birthing Playlist’ With Songs to Help Women in Labor
No Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It”, but it does have Bowie’s “Under Pressure” Music streaming service Spotify released a “birthing playlist” on Thursday, which features songs in an order that is “scientifically-designed” to help alleviate the anxiety of women who are in labor. The app compiled the playlist with Jacques Moritz, New York City-based gynecologist and assistant […]
Healing Touch: The Benefits of Prenatal Massage for Labor Preparation
Preparing for birth involves activating and engaging both the body and the mind, often through bodywork and healing practices. In this piece, Carole Osborne, internationally recognized instructor of maternity massage therapy, discusses how prenatal massage can help increase bodily awareness, release critical birthing muscles, improve control of muscular tension, and assist with mental relaxation during labor. […]
Home Birth Also Safer For ‘Higher Risk’ Women
(Hot on the heels of data from New Zealand, two more studies have evidenced the safety of home birth; this time from the UK (Li et al 2015) and Iceland Halfdansdottir et al 2015). The Icelandic study is a retrospective cohort study which compares the outcomes of the 307 women who planned home births in 2005-2009 […]
New Research On The Safety Of Using Midwives For Low-Risk Deliveries
Midwives For Low-Risk Deliveries According to a new study by Britain’s National Health Service, it’s safer for women with low risk pregnancies to deliver under the supervision of a midwife than in a hospital maternity ward. According to the study, mothers expected to have uncomplicated deliveries, and their babies, did better with midwives compared to […]
Periódico La Jornada – Labor de parteras contra la muerte materna
Periódico La Jornada Miércoles 3 de septiembre de 2014, p. 45 El acceso efectivo a los servicios de salud es uno de los principales retos del Seguro Popular y, como parte de ello, garantizar que las mujeres reciban la atención que requieren durante el embarazo, el parto y el puerperio. Por primera vez, en un […]
Risks of Induced Labor
by Marcy Axness, Ph.D. Labels: Pregnancy & Birth, Author Marcy Axness, Ph.D., Issue #43 A new study linking labor induction to increased autism risk made the news last year. This latest study on the connection between induction and risk of autism comes out of Duke University, and was reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The researchers […]
Los mitos del líquido amniótico teñido con meconio durante el parto
August 27, 2013 by Aivi Sissa Hay tanta información valiosa y fantástica en internet y mucha de ella está en inglés y es una pena porque no todos podemos acceder a ella… esta semana me encontré con otro blog interesantísimo, se llama MidwifeThinkink.com escrito por Rachel Reed una mujer que se define como comadrona, educadora y “nerd” […]
Frederick Leboyer – Birth Without Violence
The trailer for the landmark film Birth Without Violence by Frederick Leboyer available from New Earth Records. This film received the Green Apple Award at the Green Lifestyle Film Festival, held in Los Angeles, CA in March 2009.