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AmnestyInternational: In the U.S., Too Many Women Dying While Having Babies (Time.com via Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News: Pregnancy Search &bull Mar 12, 2010
Amnesty International may be best known to American audiences for bringing to light horror stories overseas such as the disappearance of political activists in Argentina or the abysmal conditions inside South African prisons under apartheid. But in a new report on pregnancy and childbirth care… Full Story »
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Dads And Safety Around The House
The Baby Website &bull Mar 10, 2010
According to new research, when it comes to keeping a home safe for toddlers most modern day fathers are actively aware of all the dangers and no longer lag behind mums. However when an accident does happen they are far more relaxed about… Full Story »
Fairhaven Health Pregnancy Plus Prenatal Vitamins
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We would all benefit from having five-star labour wards
The Daily Telegraph: Health: Women's &bull Mar 10, 2010
It takes a lot to make the British bolshie. In general, we don't get properly stroppy until someone proposes an illegal war, or removes our right to mow down woodland creatures with hounds. But I have recently noticed a renewed… Full Story »
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We would all benefit from five-star labour wards
The Daily Telegraph: Health: Women's &bull Mar 10, 2010
It takes a lot to make the British bolshie. In general, we don't get properly stroppy until someone proposes an illegal war, or removes our right to mow down woodland creatures with hounds. But I have recently noticed a renewed… Full Story »
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The Advantages of Hiring a Doula
Suite 101: Pregnancy & Childbirth &bull Mar 8, 2010
Many expectant parents are choosing to hire a doula to be present at the birth of their child. This article details what a doula is, and their advantages. It may often be the case that pregnant mothers and expectant fathers… Full Story »
Fairhaven Health PregPlus Prenatal Multi vitamin 60
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Midwifery Care
Suite 101: Pregnancy & Childbirth &bull Feb 28, 2010
Midwives offer pregnant women the opportunity to birth naturally, to make informed decisions, and to have continuous prenatal care. Full Story »
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Strollerderby
jeanne26 &bull Feb 23, 2010
St. John?s Pleasant Valley Hospital told certified nurse midwives they’ll have to see their patients at a sister facility eleven miles away from now on. According to the Ventura County Star, that sister facility has a NICU, which hospital adminstrators… Full Story »
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Doctors lacking knowledge of drinking and pregnancy (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Yahoo! News: Pregnancy Search &bull Feb 12, 2010
The Alcohol Healthwatch study, by Dr Trecia Wouldes of Auckland University, found only 25 percent of the 241 doctors and nurses surveyed could correctly identify the four main criteria for a diagnosis of foetal alcohol syndrome, despite it not changing… Full Story »
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Survey: Doctors Need More Knowledge About Exercise And Pregnancy
Pregnancy News & Obstetrics News from Medical News Today &bull Feb 11, 2010
ACSM President James Pivarnik, Ph.D., FACSM, and colleagues Patricia Bauer, Ph.D., and Cliff Broman, Ph.D., surveyed 93 M.D.s, D.O.s (doctors of osteopathy) and Certified Nurse Midwives about their knowledge of exercise recommendations for pregnant women. Although nearly all respondents -… Full Story »
Pharmax Adrenal Support - 60 capsules
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Father forced to deliver own baby in maternity ward
Pregnancy Weekly Blog &bull Feb 1, 2010
A father was forced to deliver his own baby in a maternity ward after the midwife abandoned them. Thomas Howard, 33, frantically pressed the emergency buzzer to alert staff at the Royal Blackburn Hospital, Lancashire, for help when he realized the newborn's arrival was imminent. But when no one at the maternity suite arrived to deliver the… Full Story »
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Endangered animals get new lease of life in Singapore (AFP)
Yahoo! News: Parenting/Kids News &bull Jan 29, 2010
AFP - Sporting spiked hair and silver earrings, Samuel Tay hardly looks like a typical midwife. Full Story »
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Home, Sweet Home
Fit Pregnancy &bull Jan 26, 2010For some women, there's no place they'd rather have their baby. Is this wise? Full Story »
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Haemorrhagia post partum; an implementation study on the evidence-based guideline of the Dutch Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (NVOG) and the MOET (Managing Obstetric Emergencies and Trauma-course) instructions; the Fluxim study
BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth &bull Jan 26, 2010
Background: One of the most important causes of maternal mortality and severe morbidity worldwide is post partum haemorrhage (PPH). Factors as substandard care are frequently reported in the international literature and there are similar reports in the Netherlands. The incidence… Full Story »
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Back to school for family of 14
The Courier Mail: Health &bull Jan 23, 2010BACK to school time in the Brain household means four loaves of bread and nine litres of milk per day, and plenty of organisation. It's all hands on deck so things run smoothly. Full Story »
Pharmax Broad Spectrum Complex - 60 capsules
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Pregnancy support service comes to life (The Simcoe Reformer)
Yahoo! News: Pregnancy Search &bull Jan 22, 2010
For Trudi Townsend, the decision to head a local pregnancy support centre came from a very personal place. The director of the new Norfolk Pregnancy Centre was actually a teenager mother herself. At the young age of 17, she discovered… Full Story »
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Anatomy of a Prenatal Visit
About.com: Pregnancy & Childbirth Popular &bull Jan 18, 2010
When you're pregnant it seems like you're always going to see your doctor or midwife. What exactly are they doing for all those visits and why? Full Story »
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What Is a Prenatal, Labor, and Postpartum Doula?
Suite 101: Pregnancy & Childbirth &bull Jan 15, 2010
What's a doula? What services does a doula offer? How much does a doula cost? Learn how doulas help women have positive pregnancy experiences & learn how to find a doula. Full Story »
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Avoid Intervention
Fit Pregnancy: Blogs &bull Jan 13, 2010Arm youself with knowledge Full Story »
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More kids for Rosie O'Donnell?
She Knows: Celebrity Pregnancy &bull Jan 1, 2010
Rosie O’Donnell always said she wanted lots of kids — well, she may bet getting more… in a way. Her new girlfriend Tracy Kachtick-Anders has six children! She has one biological child and five adopted children. According to CBB, in… Full Story »
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Bliss: Give blood this Christmas
The Daily Telegraph: Health: Women's &bull Dec 18, 2009
Blood transfusions are a lifesaver for premature babies, but at this time of year donors are in short supply. Full Story »
