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Comparing Child Birth Education Classes
You may be surprised to discover the variations in childbirth classes—some are months long while others last a day; some take place in a hospital( least recommended) and others are conducted in the educator’s home or other locations. Regardless, topics...
Cervical Scar Tissue – A Cause of Preventable Cesareans
Cervical Scar Tissue – A Cause of Preventable Cesareans Dawn Thompson is the founder of ImprovingBirth.org. She has spent the past eight years on a mission to understand how scar tissue on the cervix affects women in labor, and to let the public know about it. In...
A look at a Knot in an umbilical cord
Did you know that the umbilical cord has two arteries and one vein that are protected from crimping by a substance called Wharton's Jelly? It keeps the cord rigid and flexible to protect the blood's ability to flow through the cord even with a knot! (The cord...
Newborn Weight loss and IV fluids in labor
I have been a Lactation Specialist since 1997 thru my volunteer work with La Leche League. I get SO many calls and questions at our support meetings about newborn weight loss. I have never had IV fluids in labor , I have had 3 homebirths and 3 hospital. Dehvin was my...
