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Saturday, August 02, 2008 -
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Dana Albillo is doing something no one in St. Louis' underground home-birth network ever dared.
She's advertising. Read
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Saturday, August 02, 2008 -
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| "What I needed was an expert on pregnancy—in other words, a midwife." Read
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 -
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| Canada’s obstetricians are warning today that the percentage of babies born by Cesarean section is at an all-time high and continues to rise. Read
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 -
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| Maiorca loved [her homebirth] experience so much that she took over organizing the Chicago Homebirth Meetup Group, which grew from 40 members in 2004 to more than 220 today. Read
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008 -
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| Independence Day Comes Early for Midwives as State Supreme Court Upholds Right to Practice Read
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008 -
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| One goal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is to improve the health of mothers and their children. One way to reach this goal is to encourage breastfeeding, which has many benefits for infants and children. Read
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008 -
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| Why deciding how and where to have a baby is more confusing than ever. Read
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 -
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| Ricki Lake's Film Documenting Her Own At-Home Birth Ignites a Debate
Like a growing number of mothers-to-be, actress and former talk show host Ricki Lake chose to forgo the hospital and give birth at home for her second pregnancy. Read
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Thursday, June 19, 2008 -
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| Docs to Women: Pay No Attention to Ricki Lake's Home Birth
Ladies, the physicians of America have issued their decree: they don't want you having your babies at home with midwives.
We can't imagine why not. Study upon study have shown that planning a home birth with a trained midwife is a great choice if you want to avoid unnecessary medical intervention. Read
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Monday, June 16, 2008 -
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In Maine, committee members were unanimous in determining that CPMs should have a clear process to acquire the five medications cited as important for the best outcome possible for home births. The committee was split over whether licensing was necessary in order to monitor CPMs if the following are needed: local anesthetics, oxygen, vitamin K, oxytocin in small quantities to stop uterine bleeding and treatment known as "prophylaxis" to protect newborn eyes.
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Garnet Kish (top), born at home in Given, WV (Jackson County) in the summer of 2006, and William Teagan Schaefer (bottom), born at home in Elkins, WV (Randolph County) in April 2008, are both shown getting a hug from Bill Clinton at political rallies during election season, May 2008.
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Derrick W. Love, (R) candidate for House of Representatives 38th District, is shown presenting a check to the West Virginia Friends of Midwives. Accepting the donation on behalf of the group is the Vice President Ashley Wright Avington of Weston. The monies will be used to help with the ongoing education efforts of the benefits of utilizing midwives for women using the group's website www.friendsofmidwives.com.
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