How Long Can Labor Safely Be?
How Long Can Labor Safely Be? By regular contributor, Henci Goer A few weeks ago Kathy Morelli wrote an S&S blog post about a study comparing labor patterns in the 1960s with labor patterns today....
View ArticleElective Induction at Term Reduces Perinatal Mortality Without Increasing...
A recent study of elective induction at term purports to show that it would reduce perinatal mortality without affecting spontaneous birth rates, although it would increase admission to a special...
View ArticleCan We Prevent Persistent Occiput Posterior Babies?
Today, regular contributor Henci Goer, co-author of the recent book, Optimal Care in Childbirth; The Case for a Physiologic Approach, discusses a just published study on resolving the OP baby during...
View ArticleDoes Epidural Analgesia Predispose to Persistent Occiput Posterior?
Photo by Patti Ramos Photography In my January Science and Sensibility blog post, I answered the question “Can We Prevent Persistent Occiput Posterior?” but because it wasn’t relevant to the study that...
View ArticleWhether Women Have Cesareans Is Mostly Arbitrary
Regular contributor Henci Goer, author of several books including Optimal Care in Childbirth as well as the expert on Lamaze International’s “Ask Henci” site, takes a look at a recent study that...
View ArticleBed Rest to Prevent Preterm Birth Both Ineffective and Harmful
Today, regular contributor, Henci Goer takes a look at the recent study on prescribing bed rest for the prevention of preterm birth. Despite not preventing a premature baby, and even possibly...
View ArticleDo Cesareans Cause Endometriosis? The Data Accumulate
Today on Science & Sensibility, regular contributor Henci Goer takes a look at a new retrospective study looking at the potential relationship between cesarean birth and endometriosis development...
View ArticleContinuous Electronic Fetal Monitoring (Cardiotocography) in Labor: Should It...
Regular Science & Sensibility contributor and author Henci Goer takes a look at the recent Cochrane review “Continuous cardiotocography (CTG) as a form of electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) for...
View ArticleDoes the Hospital “Admission Strip” Conducted on Women in Labor Work as Hoped?
The 20 minute electronic fetal monitoring strip is a “right of passage” for any woman being admitted to the hospital in labor. But is this automatic 20 minute strip evidence based? Regular Science...
View ArticleSafe at Home? New Home Vs. Hospital Birth Study Reviewed by Henci Goer
Regular contributor Henci Goer examines the most recent study on the safety of home birth in the United States. When taking a closer look at the data analysis done by the authors, there are concerns...
View ArticleCochrane Systematic Review Supports Lamaze Healthy Birth Practice #2- Walk,...
Image Source: © Sharon Muza Today, author Henci Goer takes a look at a new Cochrane Systematic Review; “Maternal positions and mobility during first stage labour” and finds that the results of this...
View ArticleEpidural Analgesia: To Delay or Not to Delay, That Is the Question
By Henci Goer Unless you have been “off the grid” on a solitary trek, surely you have read and heard the recent flurry of discussion surrounding the just released study making the claim that the timing...
View ArticleEpidurals: Do They or Don’t They Increase Cesareans?
By Henci Goer In October, Author Henci Goer wrote an article for Science & Sensibility, Epidural Anesthesia: To Delay or Not To Delay – That is the Question – examining the impact of the timing of...
View ArticleHenci Goer – Fact Checking the New York Times Home Birth Debate
© HoboMama An article in The New York Times Opinion Pages – Room for Debate was released on February 24th, 2015. As customary in this style of article, the NYT asks a variety of experts to provide...
View ArticleAmerican Obstetrician Takes Rational Position on Home Birth
Neel Shah, Harvard Medical School assistant professor and practicing obstetrician, commenting in the New England Journal of Medicine Perspectives section – “A NICE Delivery – The Cross-Atlantic Divide...
View ArticleElective Induction at 40 Weeks? “Decision-Based Evidence Making” Strikes Again
Today on Science & Sensibility, contributor Henci Goer takes a look at a systematic review released in spring that examined the impact of elective inductions on the cesarean rate. Sound analysis...
View ArticleBreast Pump Recycling Programs – Good for Families, Good for the Earth!
By Cara Terreri, CD(DONA), LCCEIf you are a childbirth educator, doula, lactation consultant, midwife or doctor who works with expectant families, one of the topics you may be discussing with them as...
View ArticleChoosing a Pregnancy and Birth Health Care Provider – New Infographic from...
Most families have already chosen a health care provider by the time they find themselves in childbirth classes. The exception might be those educators who reach families at the beginning of their...
View ArticleTime for ACOG and ASA to Change Their Guidelines! Eating and Drinking in...
“…The problem for anesthesiologists is that our practice guidelines on obstetric anesthesia are strongly worded, and state that women can not eat during labor. We can’t ethically design a large enough...
View ArticleSeries: Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators: Trick or Treat – Halloween...
By Stacie Bingham, LCCE, CD(DONA)October’s Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators honors the Halloween holiday as educator Stacie Bingham takes us down the Halloween aisle for items you can use to...
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