LifeSpring Midwifery, LLC » Interventions http://lifespringmidwifery.com/wordpress Phoenix, Arizona Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:33:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Childbirth: Back to Basics Is Better http://lifespringmidwifery.com/wordpress/2009/03/12/childbirth-back-to-basics-is-better/ http://lifespringmidwifery.com/wordpress/2009/03/12/childbirth-back-to-basics-is-better/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:00:21 +0000 Alison http://lifespringmidwifery.com/wordpress/?p=196 When it’s time to bring a new baby into the world, there’s a lot to be said for letting nature take the lead. The normal, hormone-driven changes in the body that naturally occur during delivery can optimize infant health and encourage the easy establishment and continuation of breastfeeding and mother-baby attachment. Childbirth without technical intervention can succeed in leading to a good outcome for mother and child, according to a new report.

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]]> http://lifespringmidwifery.com/wordpress/2009/03/12/childbirth-back-to-basics-is-better/feed/ 0 ‘Needless’ birth induction fears http://lifespringmidwifery.com/wordpress/2009/02/07/%e2%80%98needless%e2%80%99-birth-induction-fears/ http://lifespringmidwifery.com/wordpress/2009/02/07/%e2%80%98needless%e2%80%99-birth-induction-fears/#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 08:00:16 +0000 Alison http://lifespringmidwifery.com/wordpress/?p=138 Concerns have been raised about pregnant women being induced “unnecessarily”, after a Scottish audit of 17,000 births.

In more than a quarter of cases, researchers could not find a medical or other explanation for the procedure.

The Aberdeen University team said in the Journal of Public Health that rates of obstetric intervention were rising.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7833058.stm

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