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Dedicated to Saving The Lives of Those Giving Life to Others
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This is a quote from Sunni Karll, excerpted from "Making A Difference:A Blueprint for Harmony"
Midwifery Today Issue 58
"Think About It"
"To the baby, birth is about being received. We unfold the world and know our value when received with love and acceptance, in our own perfect tim- ing. If someone yanks us out of a place intrusively, we naturally recoil and go within in order to maintain balance against this outside force. The difference of being "received"compared to being "forced" results in opening to this world or shielding ourselves from it. Out of this experience comes baby's first decision: either "the world is a friendly place" or "the world is a hostile place." "This decision is the initial filter that determines if baby opens to or shields herself from the world, from then on.
The experience of birth determines the vibration of life that a soul will live and filters the way that person experiences the world. This vibration becomes their blueprint. Only by creating a birth of absolute safety, gentleness, warmth and acceptance, internal peace, love and a state of wonder can we have a baby who knows within, "I am all this. I am secure and loved."
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Delayed Cord Clamping Should Be Standard Practice in Obstetrics
Academic OB/GYN
Dec. 3, 2009
In countries outside the US, delayed cord clamping has been standard procedure in childbirth for a long time. In the US however, the time has come for us to change our practice due to compelling evidence of the many benefits to both mother and baby. Midwives have been letting the cord stay attached to the baby until it stops pulsating for many, many years. OB/GYN's however, have historically cut the cord, immediately following birth regardless of whether there are complications or not. The baby is thus deprived of vital nutrients, and oxygen which comes through the cord. Although this article is long, it is well worth the read.
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Witnessing a Natural, Safe, and Healthy Birth
Journal of Perinatal Education
by Wendy C. Budin, Phd, RN-BC, LCCE, FACCE
Wendy Budin is totally amazed at the awesomeness of birth. Her first homebirth was attended by an nurse-midwife.... and very different from the hospital births she had previously been at. She states, " I was impressed with what a natural, safe and healthy experience it was for the mother and baby." Everything happened on its own, in its own time frame. The mother could walk, eat, get in the tub, was in her own familiar surroundings, surrounded by those who she loved, and who loved her. This particular article also sites several other personal birth stories.
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Informed Refusal
The following is reprinted from the Childbirth Connection.
"What are women's legal rights to "informed consent" and "informed refusal?"
The article is self exclamatory, and describes what both these very critical concepts and processes are.
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Reducing Infant Mortality,
A film by Shelly Campbell and Debbie Takikawa
The attached link will get you to a very informative video on the status of infant mortality in the US, some of the reasons infant mortality is so high in the US and what we can do to bring this unnecessarily high rate of infant deaths down. It is well documented and researched with some interviews of some of the most knowledgeable experts in the birth field.
Reducing Infant Mortality from Debby Takikawa on Vimeo. "> Reducing Infant Mortality
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Safe, Healthy Birth: What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know by Judith A. Lothian, PhD, RN, LCCE, FACCE The Journal of Perinatal Education, Summer 2009 , Vol 18, Number 3 "In spite of technology and medical science's ability to manage complex health problems, the current maternity care environment has increased risks for healthy women and their babies." Every pregnant mom needs to KNOW that birth happens naturally, that standard American maternity care in the US is "intervention intensive", with spiraling effects that do not necessarily lead to the best possible birth outcomes for either the mom or the baby. This article points to the EVIDENCE that shows that evidence based bith practices make birth healthier and safer for mom and baby. Labor begins on its own, the mom should move around, someone should be there to support and encourage the mom- especially in a hospital birth,avoid interventions and avoid giving birth on your back, keep mom and baby together. Need to Know |
Childbirth Statistics
Childbirth Connection
December 2009
The following is a compilation of maternity statistics researched and collected by the staff at Childbirth Connection in New York.
The information provided demonstrates the connection between the cost of maternity care and who is benefiting from the cost.
The research involved a large number of moms over a significant number of years. The increase in interventions is very clear... The implications for having interventions if you birth in a hospital are also clear.
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