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Michel Odent covers the importance of the fetal ejection reflex as it relates to the second stage of labor.
Read more…. Understanding Stages of Labour after the Paradigm Shift
Though many infants are given vitamin K after birth, the author questions the efficacy of this practice through a review of current literature on the subject.
The author reviews recent research and shares her own experiences with second stage as she explores “the acceptable parameters of a normal, healthy second stage.”
Read more…. An Exploration of Unusually Long Second Stage: Redefining Normal
Lora Denton—loradentonphotography.com
Author Jean Sutton takes you back to basics, reviewing the few simple conditions needed for the safest birth, and challenges the notion that deliberate pushing is necessary for a smooth second stage.
Physician Elizabeth Allemann’s training in the medical-model of care taught her to fear second stage. What happened when the research lead her to the midwifery model? Find out in an illuminating story that is sure to remind you how doctors and midwives can work together for the best health of mother and baby.
Are prenatal vitamins necessary, or are there other, healthier ways for women to get the vitamins and minerals they need during pregnancy? DJ Nelson considers the question.
Lora Denton—loradentonphotography.com
A midwife recounts one clients empowering decision to birth at home after a previous cesarean birth.
As she recounts the difficult birth experience that helped lead her to birth work, Zittle reconsiders the delineation of labor into stages and calls for a return to a more holistic assessment of the labor process.
Read more…. Allowing Birth to be Birth: Re-mystifying Second Stage
Elis Freitas—elisfreitas.com
“Is the head out?! Oh, MorningStar, is the head out? It has to be out because I feel it out!”
A Michigan midwife shares her experiences attending an Old Order Amish community who have no cars and no electricity but an abundance of faith and family support.
Homebirths and scheduled c-sections are all the rage in Hollywood, but how do celebrity birth practices affect pregnant women?
Read more…. Celebrity Births: The Good, The Bad, The Influence
Birth activist Suzanne Arms responds to recent legislation threatening to outlaw homebirth in France.
