Is Planned Home and Out Of Hospital Birth Safe?
A planned home birth takes place at home or in a residence rather than in a hospital.
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All About Pregnancy Spotting
Pregnancy spotting is common in pregnancy, but that make it any easier to accept. During different times in gestation, pregnancy spotting can occur and the cause will be dependent on several factors.
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Labor and Delivery: Birthing Choices
The traditional birthing choice in the United States involves having a doctor-assisted delivery in a hospital setting. Despite the popularity of the traditional hospital birth, there are other birthing options women may want to consider.
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Should You Choose a Birth Center for Your Pregnancy Care?
From the first minutes after finding out you're pregnant, you areconstantly making decisions. Decision making will be a major part ofyour life for the next 18 years or so ' but before you jump intoparenthood, you may want to decide where you'll give birth.
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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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3 Reasons I Would Never Use a Midwife Again
The care I received via the midwife was less than stellar, but that doesn’t mean all midwives are the same.
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Midwives Provide Equal Care to Hospitals
The level of healthcare provided by certified nurse midwives may be
better than or equal to the same care provided in a hospital setting,
according to research published in the journal Health Services Research.
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Midwives and Doulas
Doulas and midwives are two choices a pregnant woman may choose to include as part of her birthing plan.
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Obamacare Short on Birthing Center Coverage
The law is new and not fully implemented yet; questions and discrepancies remain. One issue of concern to a growing number of American women is the lack of uniformity for birthing center coverage.
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Swedish Moms Enjoy Midwives ... And Very Little Medicine
Having a baby is basically the same around the world but each nation's approach to prenatal and maternity care varies according to national policy. In Sweden, most mothers-to-be enjoy the services of midwives instead of doctors and nurses.
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Why Duchess Meghan May Prefer Pregnancy Care in the U.K.
The world was elated last week when news broke that Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry are expecting their firstborn this spring. While the world is enthralled with Meghan’s pregnancy, the American born Duchess may just prefer the state of labor and delivery in the U.K. over her native U.S. Here's why!
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My Home Birth Midwife Said What?!?
This here is a list of expressions spoken by home birth midwives
Send in your submissions to [email protected].
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