I just read a fantastic news article that explained what many midwives have been proclaiming all along. A pregnancy does not last a set amount of time. In fact, it can vary up up to five weeks! Previously attributed to flawed methods of estimating due dates such as conception and …
UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who immediately and profusely reported that page. Twenty minutes after this post originally was published, two hundred of you had already read it and many of you have let me know you reported the page. It has now been taken down. NICE WORK…. You are …
In 1998, Crystal, the owner of Everything Birth, attended her first hospital birth as a doula. The doctor at that birth was an advocate of birth choices. After that hospital birth with a supportive doctor, Crystal set her sights on becoming a midwife. Her long term goal was to help change …
CBS Pittsburgh just printed a news story online about the risks of uterine perforation (tearing the uterus) while using the popular IUD Mirena as well as other forms of IUDs. While IUDs are arguably one of the safer contraceptives on the market, they still come with some risks. The pregnancy rate with …
Omega-3 fatty acids are crucial during all stages of life, but especially during pregnancy. We were issued a friendly reminder yesterday by Live Science staff writer, Bahar Gholipour, when she spotlighted new research just published in PLOS ONE about how eating fish during pregnancy reduces anxiety. She wrote about the study, …
Every time I read some new article about the benefit of delayed cord cutting at birth, I feel like I’m having déjà vu. I’m kind of frustrated that even though researchers are consistently finding that delaying cord cutting is healthier for our babies, most hospitals in the United States STILL …
Many women ask us what it takes to become a Midwife. “How do I become a midwife?” is a very common question followed by, “I mean a home-birth assisting midwife?” A woman searching to fulfill her dream of becoming a midwife might feel overwhelmed because there are two areas of …
MRI results show the dramatic impact that breastfeeding has on the brain development of babies. A study out of Brown University was able to find actual evidence that by the age of 2, babies exclusively breastfed (for at least three months) babies had greater development in important areas of the brain …
Newborn baths are essentially standard operating procedure in a hospital delivery. Yet, there’s many significant reasons to postpone that newborn bath. It might seem gross to many Americans. You may be thinking about the white coating, called vernix, and how that should be cleaned off. Vernix does more than act …
Back in 2011, a press release was printed in the BMJ that concluded that delayed cord clamping can protect babies from iron deficiency. When I delivered my first son, I breastfed and I can recall the pediatrician telling me that I may need to give iron supplements because breastfed babies …
