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Having a Baby? 10 Questions to Ask from the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
The Rights of Childbearing Women from Childbirth Connection
10 Steps to Optimal MotherBaby Maternity Services from the IMBCI
What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know About Cesarean Section from Childbirth Connection
Mother-Friendly Childbirth - Highlights of the Evidence from the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
The Rights of Childbearing Women from Childbirth Connection
10 Steps to Optimal MotherBaby Maternity Services from the IMBCI
What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know About Cesarean Section from Childbirth Connection
Mother-Friendly Childbirth - Highlights of the Evidence from the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
Client Forms
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Advocacy
Birth and Post-Birth Plans: Drafts to Download, Customize and Use.
Evidence-Based Carehttp://evidencebasedbirth.com/resources-for-parents/
Newborn Screening Programhttp://www.health.state.mn.us/newbornscreening/
Newborn Screening Information for Providers:
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5 Myths about Inducing Labor
"Evidence shows that when a mother and baby are healthy and well in pregnancy, the mother should be encouraged and supported to wait for labor to start naturally—to let baby pick his or her own birthday."
LABOR TIPS (from Sears) – PROGRESS
P – position change
R – relax and release
O – output (bathroom)
G – gravity, get upright
R – rest between contractions
E – energy (food & fluid)
S – submerge in water (tub or shower)
S – support, emotional and physical
P – position change
R – relax and release
O – output (bathroom)
G – gravity, get upright
R – rest between contractions
E – energy (food & fluid)
S – submerge in water (tub or shower)
S – support, emotional and physical
The Lamaze Healthy Birth Practices help simplify the birth process with a natural approach that helps alleviate fears and manage pain. Regardless of the baby’s size, labor’s length and complexity, or the mother's confidence level, these care practices will help keep labor and birth as safe and healthy as possible.
- Healthy Birth Practice 1: Let labor begin on its own
- Healthy Birth Practice 2: Walk, move around and change positions throughout labor
- Healthy Birth Practice 3: Bring a loved one, friend or doula for continuous support
- Healthy Birth Practice 4: Avoid interventions that are not medically necessary
- Healthy Birth Practice 5: Avoid giving birth on your back and follow your body's urges to push
- Healthy Birth Practice 6: Keep mother and baby together - It's best for mother, baby and breastfeeding
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Want to learn one of the key factors causing the skyrocketing cesarean section rates?
Comfort Measures
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Pelvic Tilts
Breastfeeding
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