Getting Pushy
A childbirth educator considers “the place of change” in labor that transcends stages and what she sees as the overemphasis on pushing. Read more…. Getting Pushy
Issue 98
Theme: Second Stage
The “second stage” of labor can be quick and painless, or long and threatened by potential complications that require quick action on the midwife’s part. This informative issue critically examines both the medical and midwifery models of care in attending second stage. Therapeutic bodywork techniques for motherbaby, globetrotting birth stories and new articles from Michel Odent, Cornellia Enning and Jean Sutton are also included.
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Vitamin K: Did Nature Get It Right?
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.
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An Exploration of Unusually Long Second Stage: Redefining Normal
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.”
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Birth from Baby’s View
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.
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Second Stage Evolution
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.
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Prenatal Vitamins: Helpful or Harmful?
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.
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A VBAC in the Kitchen
A midwife recounts one clients empowering decision to birth at home after a previous cesarean birth.
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Allowing Birth to be Birth: Re-mystifying Second Stage
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.
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Midwifing Second Stage
“Is the head out?! Oh, MorningStar, is the head out? It has to be out because I feel it out!”
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Transitional Phase of a New Childbirth Paradigm: Slovenia on the Crossroads
Researcher and birth activist Zalka Drglin takes you inside Slovenia for a first-hand look at a country very much at the crossroad. Read more…. Transitional Phase of a New Childbirth Paradigm: Slovenia on the Crossroads
Working Internationally: How to Identify (and Avoid) Cultural Imperialism
Cultural imperialism can have a pervasive, sometimes subtle influence on the work of a midwife. Marion Topeke McLean discusses how to detect imperialistic attitudes and practices, and ways to nurture cultural sensitivity. Read more…. Working Internationally: How to Identify (and Avoid) Cultural Imperialism
