Learn all about childbirth, and the concerns surrounding the big day: pain for childbirth, childbirth safety, midwives, epidurals, and so much more.
Tokophobia: Fear of Pregnancy and Childbirth
But for many women pregnancy may also become a worrisome and fearful event. Tokophobia is the fear of pregnancy or childbirth and requires treatment.
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Nurses Need to Learn about Childbirth and Continence Issues
According to a piece published in the journal Nursing Standard from Mary Steen at the University of Chester, nurses play several crucial parts in patient care after childbirth, including bowel and bladder care.
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Top Childbirth Fears: Questions and Answers
There are so many worries and concerns when it comes being pregnant, with perhaps the largest surrounding what might potentially happen during labor and delivery. Knowledge is power so we compiled top worries about labor and delivery along with information on how to conquer them!
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Safe Sex Before, During, and After Pregnancy
There are five distinct three-month periods trimesters associated with pregnancy and each one affects your sex life in distinctly different ways
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Reflexology for Labor and Delivery
More women are turning to reflexology as part of their plans for a good experience with labor and delivery. It can be used both throughout a pregnancy, and also in the delivery room as labor progresses.
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Why You Should Create a Birth Plan … But Be Flexible About It
A birth plan can help guide the birthing process with basic instructions, wishes, and expectations outlined for labor coaches, nurses, doctors, and your partner. Here's how to create your own!
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Home-Birth Apgar Scores Too Good to Be True?
A newborn baby's Apgar score provides a quick summary of the health of the child a minute after it's born and again at five minutes. Possible scores range from a low of zero to a high of 10.
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Making a Will for Pregnancy
A will is a powerful final testament tool which provides instruction regarding a person's last wishes, including how they want their estate divided and distributed.
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The Benefits of Extended Maternity Leave
A recent Norwegian report examining the national economic impact of extended paid maternity leave has mothers crying foul all over the world. The study says there is no apparent economic incentive to extend maternity leave.
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Kate Middleton Says Natural Childbirth Is “Perfect”
Fairy tales are meant to have happy endings and that's exactly how the July 22, 2013 birth of Prince George of Cambridge can be described.
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First-Time Fathers and the Delivery Room
Euphoria, agony, and everything in between. Back and forth, for hours. Those are the emotional memories of ten fathers participating in a Swedish study of first-time fathers in the delivery room.
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Women Afraid of Childbirth Have More C-Sections
Reports and research studies have noted a steady climb in C-section rates in the last decade. A new study found women are more likely to have a C-section because they are scared of childbirth.
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56 Interventions to Reduce Pregnancy-Related Death
Each year about 350,000 women die as a result of pregnancy or childbirth complications. This number is in addition to the more than 7 million children who die before reaching the age of 5.
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Beyond Kegel: Regaining Control After Childbirth
Pregnancy may last nine months but its lingering effects on the body can last years. Many women experience loss of bladder control during pregnancy as the weight of the baby presses down on the bladder and other tissue of the pelvic floor.
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Setting Makes Home Deliveries More Risky, Not Midwives
Dr. Grunebaum advises patients invite a midwife into the hospital delivery room so a
woman can have both the comfort of a familiar birthing companion and the necessary medical staff and equipment.
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Deaths from Pregnancy and Childbirth Cut in Half
The United Nations recently reported a significant change in the number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth ' a nearly50-percent reduction in the last 20 years.
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Preeclampsia: A Battle Not a Condition
Researchers and doctors are constantly on the lookout for a definitive cause of preeclampsia. The condition is life-threatening and the only known cure is childbirth.
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Childbirth: Acupressure for Pain Relief During Labor
If you're looking for alternative techniques for pain management during labor, you may want to consider acupressure. This is similar to acupuncture in the way that it works, but there are no needles.
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Childbirth: Hypnobirthing
The majority of women hold some sort of fear about the birthing process. That fear can lead to stress and stress leads to tension. Hypnobirthing may help relieve some of the stress and tension.
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Laborists and Patient Satisfaction in Large, Urban Hospitals
Many hospitals are moving toward a laborist setting, according to recent research from authors at the University of Pennsylvania. A new study published in the journal Patient Preference and Adherence, examines this trend.
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Efficacy of One-on-one Childbirth Care
In recent years, one-on-one childbirth care has moved from being the norm to being a rare occurrence. Laboring women are often left for lengths of time with no female support system.
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The Doula: Latest Trend in NYC Delivery Rooms
Massage. Acupuncture. Nutrition counseling. Encouragement.Education. Exotic services. Sound like a new-age health spa? No. It's delivery room. All these things come by way of a doula.
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Laugh Your Way Through Labor, It’s a Real Gas!
Christina Szalinski found a way to confront the inevitable labor pains with a smile on her face, even when the contractions were at their strongest. Her secret? It's a gas.
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Placenta Accreta: Novel Approach Saves Lives
Dr. Patrick Nicholson used a novel, two-step approach to treat placenta accreta, whereby mothers’ lives are saved, their fertility spared, and no babies suffered ill effects of treatment.
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Thalasso Method: A Gentle Childbirth
A maternity nurse in Paris, France, has published a video online that is capturing the hearts of just about everyone who sees it. The video shows twins just moments after birth being gently and lovingly treated to soothing music and a warm bath.
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Study Finds Rural India Maternal Health Program Ineffective
A high profile maternal health program in India fails to deliver on its promises to reduce infant and maternal deaths in rural areas, according to a new study. The program had intended to reduce mortality by encouraging women to deliver in private hospitals.
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Air Quality Impacts Unborn Fetus
The quality of the air pregnant women breathe has an impact on the developing fetus, according to a new study. The study was published in Environmental Health.
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2013: Interesting Things We Learned About Making Babies
On the agenda was the science of preconception, conception, pregnancy, and childbirth. From that agenda, these 8 'most interesting things' were identified about making babies in 2013.
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