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We share stories in
much the same spirit that explorers share maps, hoping to speed each
others journey, but knowing the journey we make will be our own. New! Birth As We Know It 10 minute trailer New! The Baby Place Video New! What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know about Cesarean Section New! Labour massage I originally had a link to another article (which has since been removed) by a graduate of a medical school in the US in which he described how students would line up in the surgery to do pelvic (vaginal) exams on anesthetized women without their knowledge or consent. I likened this to gag rape. If you need surgery read the fine print and know that if you authorize a pelvic exam: this means a vaginal exam while you are unconscious. Most hospitals in Canada have added this clause in the last few years but I would guess the majority of patients don't read or understand what they're consenting to. Before deciding on a caregiver ask him/her how s/he learned the art of pelvic exam and make your decisions accordingly. What midwives want from their clients New! Routine urine dip stick testing Is it necessary? Developing your birth plan Birth Plan by Janine DeBaise Declaration of the Rights of Childbearing Women
Sample
Homebirth Birth Plan (includes plan for transfer to hospital)
Nutrition
Dr.
Tom Brewer's Blue Ribbon Baby pages
Ultrasound
Conflicts of Interest:
Understanding the Safety Issues Around Prenatal
3-D Ultrasound
Scans may disrupt fetal brain development
Fetuses can
hear ultrasound
examinations
SOGC
Guideline: Biological effects and safety Pregnancy & Birth
Vaginal
infections in pregnancy
Herbs for pregnancy and birth
Belly mapping
and "spinning" OP babies into an
optimal birthing position
5 years to the Term Breech Trial. The rise and Fall of a Randomized
Exploration of Specific Identified Risk Factors in Healthy Women – Breech, VBAC The importance of labour support Stages of labour What happens during labour and when does it begin? About Narcotics for pain relief A Photographic Record of the Physiological Management of Normal Childbirth
Nonpharmalogical Approaches to Relieve Labor Pain (Intradermal Water
Blocks & others)
Exercise to reduce labour pain
Postdates pregnancy [Midwifery Today e-News)
Alternative
to suturing
Group B Strep
Treating Group B Strep: Are Antibiotics Necessary?
Homebirth – Is it right for you? Home Delivery--Why? by Michael F. Fleming, MD
New! Homebirth:
What
are the issues?
Outcomes of
planned home births versus planned hospital births after regulation of
midwifery in British Columbia. Canadian Medical
Association Journal (CMAJ) Healing Through Homebirth; a birth story Homebirth Colouring Book for siblings Waterbirth Waterbirth International's home page
Waterbirth Basics From Newborn Breathing to Hospital Protocols Perinatal mortality and morbidity among babies delivered in water: surveillance study and postal survey BMJ August 1999 Immersion in water in pregnancy, labour and birth, Cochrane review, 2006 Nonpharmacological Approaches to Relieve Labor Pain (water immersion) VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Caesarean) A Butcher's Dozen by Nancy Wainer VBAC researcher, author, CBE and midwife. Edmonton VBAC Support Association & discussion group Midwifery Today's VBAC forum
VBAC in
California: Before and After a Change in
Guidelines (1996-2002). VBAC birth stories Breastfeeding Getting breastfeeding right Dr. Newman's Breastfeeding Protocols and more Circumcision Canadian circumcision site Circumcision Information & Resource Pages Circumcision video Graphic images of circumcision surgery Altering Baby Boys' Bodies. The Ethics of Infant Male Circumcision Fertility Awareness and Natural family planning Serena, Sympto-Thermal Method (STM) of Natural Family Planning Genetics Family History tool Baby's eye colour predicition In the News Ottawa team uncovers clue to cause of stillbirths, July 18, 2005. Wait to cut umbilical cords: study, Tues, March 20th, 2007 Herstory of Midwifery New! Midwifery's Renaissance Dismissed, disrespected, and hunted like witches, midwives are finally being recognized -but misunderstandings and myths endure History of the "Midwife Problem"
Car Seats may be dangerous
Other tidbits
Yeast
infections DIY treatments
Is our pursuit of a
bacteria-free world Infant Sign Language ASL learn and test Books on baby signing Professional Alberta Association of Midwives Where
to purchase midwifery supplies, books, videos
Hard to find herbs, Peggy Glover, Spruce Grove, Phone:
960-9373 |