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Welcome to your one stop shop for everything childbirth related. Check the tabs above for information. On the side I have included links to movies and books. Feel free to suggest anything you have read or watched. Pass me links to articles. This is a place where we can all pool our knowledge and wisdom. If you have a birth story you would like to share - anonymous or not - I would love to post it with all of the other birth stories. Share-Share-Share!
-Jessilyn

Saturday, August 28, 2010

How does a mother's diet affect her milk?

http://kellymom.com/nutrition/mom/mom-diet.html

Breastfeeding Less than 6 Months Shows Decreases in Mental Health

http://www.drmomma.org/2009/01/breastfeeding-longer-than-6-months.html

Breastfeeding PSAs From Around the World

http://www.drmomma.org/2009/12/breastfeeding-psas-from-around-world.html

Breastfeeding Commercial #2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY5zR1TvZ3w&feature=player_embedded

Breastfeeding Commercial #1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m64569p9QpU&feature=player_embedded

Ten Steps To Successful Breastfeeding

http://tensteps.org/step-1-successful-breastfeeding.shtml

There's no such thing as extended breastfeeding

http://womanuncensored.blogspot.com/2010/01/theres-no-such-thing-as-extended.html

There's no such thing as extended breastfeeding

http://womanuncensored.blogspot.com/2010/01/theres-no-such-thing-as-extended.html

Treating mastitis

http://birthfaith.org/do-it-yourself/treating-mastitis

Unforgettable Moms talk about the day they'll forever remember.

http://magazine.lamaze.org/Parenting/Unforgettable/tabid/206/Default.aspx

When words aren’t enough

http://blueberryskyphotography.com/when-words-arent-enough/?awesm=fbshare.me_APjlL

Myth-conceptions: cord wrapped around baby's neck

http://wellroundedbirthprep.blogspot.com/

Seren’s Perfect Home Birth

http://birthingbody.org/2010/05/25/serens-birth-story/

The birth of Tyler Andrew Loftesness

http://mamakaryn.blogspot.com/2010/07/birth-of-tyler-andrew-loftesness.html

Victory: My VBA3C

http://iinformedparenting.blogspot.com/2010/02/victory-my-vba3c.html

Babel: The Voices of a Medical Trauma

http://www.pulsemagazine.org/Archive_Index.cfm?content_id=119

Birth from the baby’s perspective

http://midwifethinking.com/2010/08/07/birth-from-the-babys-perspective/

Ecstatic birth - nature’s hormonal blueprint for labor

http://www.sarahjbuckley.com/articles/ecstatic-birth.htm

MOMS for the 21st Century Act Floor Introduction July 21, 2010

http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZtcQ2BOa8jY&v=ZtcQ2BOa8jY&gl=CA

Wondering Wednesday: Can an OB fire a Patient during birth?

http://enjoybirth.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/can-an-ob-fire-a-patient-during-birth/

Trusting birth, controlling birth

http://www.themidwifenextdoor.com/?p=966

Invisible Women, Invisible Shackles

http://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/7/20/invisible-women-invisible-shackles.html

Friday, August 27, 2010

In defence of the amniotic sac

http://midwifethinking.com/2010/08/20/in-defence-of-the-amniotic-sac/

Homebirth: What Are the Issues?

http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/homebirthissues.asp

What Is A Home Birth Like?

http://www.themidwifenextdoor.com/?p=1012

Coddle or let the kid cry? New research awakens the sleep-training debate

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/coddle-or-let-the-kid-cry-new-research-awakens-the-sleep-training-debate/article1674049/

The Fetoplacental Circulation During Parturition: Evidence From Residual Placental Blood Volume

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/54/2/213

Wait to cut umbilical cord, study says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37342877/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/

Birth Models That Work

http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520258914

Pit of Despair

http://www.nurturingheartsbirthservices.com/blog/?p=747

Thimerosal Linked To Autism: New Clinical Findings

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/69427.php

Alleingeburt / unassisted childbirth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ANtPxI3pE

Doctor's Voices - Stuart Fischbein, Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzMssamopLk&feature=related

Tylenol tied to childhood asthma and allergies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38690295/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/

The Home Birth of Rayner

http://fireyourmd.com/pregnancy/the-home-birth-of-rayner/

How can a first time mother give birth at home?

http://bringbirthhome.com/home-birth-advocacy/a-guide-to-home-birth-for-first-time-moms/

True Umbilical Cord Knot

http://www.doulapattiramos.com/2010/08/true-umbilical-cord-knot.html

A Man's Guide to Homebirth

http://www.drmomma.org/2010/08/mans-guide-to-homebirth.html

Does Refusing a C-Section = Child Abuse?

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/08/11/refusingcsection-child-abuse

Listening to baby during labour

http://midwifethinking.com/2010/07/29/listening-to-baby-during-labour/

VBAC scare tactics (2): When bad outcomes in the past affect patient options in the future

http://birthingbeautifulideas.com/?p=365

Social Media, Power, and the Future of VBAC

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/lamaze/jpe/2010/00000019/00000003/art00009

Hospital policy of withholding food during childbirth coming under scrutiny

http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2010/08/hospital_policy_of_withholding.html

Toxic Gases in Baby Crib Mattresses

http://www.healthychild.com/toxic-sleep/has-the-cause-of-crib-death-sids-been-found/

VBAC scare tactics (10): Big Baby, Big Problems

http://birthingbeautifulideas.com/?tag=vbac-scare-tactics

The Best and Worst Reasons to Induce Labor

http://www.givingbirthnaturally.com/reasons-to-induce-labor.html

Neonatal Cortisol Response to Circumcision with Anesthesia

http://cpj.sagepub.com/content/25/8/412.abstract

Birth Trauma

http://mamabirth.blogspot.com/2010/08/birth-trauma-guest-post.html

VBAC Preparation

http://birthing-babes.com/classes/vbac-preparation/

The Economic Burden of NOT Breastfeeding

http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/2010/08/09/the-economic-burden-of-not-breastfeeding/

Pitocin’s untold impact

http://birthfaith.org/pitocin/pitocins-untold-impact

Opponents of Home Birth: You’re Not Listening!

http://www.themidwifenextdoor.com/?p=1003

Woman Who Didn't Have a Healthy Baby Reflects on the "Healthy Baby" Trope

http://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/8/9/woman-who-didnt-have-a-healthy-baby-reflects-on-the-healthy.html

Functions of the Foreskin: Purposes of the Prepuce

http://www.drmomma.org/2009/09/functions-of-foreskin-purposes-of.html

Level Of Oxytocin In Pregnant Women Predicts Mother-Child Bond

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071015110059.htm?sms_ss=facebook

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Cesarean vs. VBAC: A Dramatic Difference

http://vimeo.com/5648654

What’s Really Keeping You From a Homebirth?

http://www.indiebirth.com/whats-really-keeping-you-from-a-homebirth/

Large Dose of Vitamin D in Pregnancy Cuts Premature Birth

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health1/large-dose-of-vitamin-d-in-pregnancy-cuts-premature-births_100357047.html

Evidence-Based Practices for the Fetal to Newborn Transition

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/558124

Why Choose a Midwife?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMSCGtSSzhM&feature=player_embedded

A diagnosis of CPD (cephalopelvic disproportion) is where the baby’s head is thought to be too large to pass through the woman’s pelvis.

http://www.bellybelly.com.au/articles/birth/small-pelvis-big-baby-cpd

Too Many C-Sections: Docs Rethink Induced Labor

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2007754,00.html

20 Reasons I Did Not Circumcise My Son

http://sagaciousmama.wordpress.com/2010/04/20/20-reasons-i-did-not-circumcise-my-son/

Perineal Protectors?

http://midwifethinking.com/2010/08/07/perineal-protectors/

U.S. Circumcision Rate Falls to 33%

http://www.drmomma.org/2010/08/us-circumcision-rate-falls-to-33.html

Checking dilation without a vaginal exam

http://womantowomancbe.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/checking-dilation-without-a-vaginal-exam/

The Farm - Ina May Gaskin

http://www.thefarm.org/

How Dilated Am I? Assessing Dilation in Labor WITHOUT an Internal Exam.

http://sarahvine.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/how-dilated-am-i-assessing-dilation-without-an-internal-exam/

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Mexico’s Fifty Percent Cesarean Rate

http://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/7/21/mexicos-fifty-percent-cesarean-rate.html

Independent Women Will Be Cut

http://thefeministbreeder.com/independent-women-will-be-cut/

The Risks of Cesarean Section

http://www.motherfriendly.org/pdf/TheRisksofCesareanSectionFebruary2010.pdf

Best Evidence: C-Section

http://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10166

Canadian docs to stop automatic C-sections for breech babies

http://www.timescolonist.com/health/women/Canadian%20docs%20stop%20automatic%20sections%20breech%20babies/1705425/story.html#ixzz0rt0yKGqm

Unforgettable: Moms talk about the day they'll forever remember.

http://magazine.lamaze.org/Parenting/Unforgettable/tabid/206/Default.aspx

When words aren’t enough

http://blueberryskyphotography.com/when-words-arent-enough/?awesm=fbshare.me_APjlL

Who "delivered" your baby?

http://wellroundedbirthprep.blogspot.com/

Seren’s Perfect Home Birth

http://birthingbody.org/2010/05/25/serens-birth-story/

The birth of Tyler Andrew Loftesness

http://mamakaryn.blogspot.com/2010/07/birth-of-tyler-andrew-loftesness.html

Victory: My VBA3C

http://iinformedparenting.blogspot.com/2010/02/victory-my-vba3c.html

Babel: The Voices of a Medical Trauma

http://www.pulsemagazine.org/Archive_Index.cfm?content_id=119

Ecstatic birth - nature’s hormonal blueprint for labor

http://www.sarahjbuckley.com/articles/ecstatic-birth.htm

MOMS for the 21st Century Act Floor Introduction July 21, 2010

http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZtcQ2BOa8jY&v=ZtcQ2BOa8jY&gl=CA

Wondering Wednesday: Can an OB fire a Patient during birth?

http://enjoybirth.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/can-an-ob-fire-a-patient-during-birth/

Trusting birth, controlling birth

http://www.themidwifenextdoor.com/?p=966

Trust Birth: This Is What We Believe

http://www.trustbirth.com/beliefs.html

Birth from the baby’s perspective

http://midwifethinking.com/2010/08/07/birth-from-the-babys-perspective/

Invisible Women, Invisible Shackles

http://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/7/20/invisible-women-invisible-shackles.html

When women fall in love with their OBs

http://www.themidwifenextdoor.com/?p=992

Saturday, August 21, 2010