CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION, LABOR DOULA AND POSTPARTUM CARE IN LOS ANGELES, CA
As an educator and a labor support doula, I am constantly researching, reading and learning about childbirth. I am posting articles, news stories and current events that maybe you missed. I am starting with the following news story from CNN:
By investigating multiple sources of information, women and their partners are better able to make choices regarding their care during pregnancy and childbirth.
One in 4 babies is born by cesarean. One reason is for a baby that is breech (the baby had not turned to be head down or vertex by the time of delivery). Check out this article in the Washington Post
At the end of their pregnancy, many women are talked into induction. They are faced with a decision that can alter their birth dramatically... They risk having a longer labor, more unecessesary interventions, and a lot more...