A small placenta can endanger a fetus by limiting the delivery of food and oxygen. Now researchers at Yale have developed an easy method of measuring the volume of the placenta during pregnancy. (NY Times)<
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Technique Measures Placenta’s Volume
Posted in Pregnancy, Resources, tagged Pregnancy on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Reducing Infant Mortality-short film on Vimeo
Posted in Birth, childbirth, Natural childbirth, Pregnancy, tagged childbirth, Doula, Labor, Midwives, Pregnancy on August 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Reducing Infant Mortality from Debby Takikawa on Vimeo. Watch this wonderful new short film, then forward it to everyone you know who cares about mothers, babies, and our health-care system; then sent it to your legislator along with letter (a sample is on the film website). This matters! We have the opportunity to MAKE CHANGE!
dare alla luce: Italian verb:(transitive) To give birth to.
Posted in Birth Doula, childbirth, Doula, Labor, Pregnancy, tagged Birth Doula, childbirth on March 27, 2009 |
In Italian, the literal translation of “to give birth”— “Dare alla luce”— is: “to give to the light”. A beautiful, mellifluous phrase to describe the beauty and wonder of childbirth. I’m Katharine Deeb and I’m a birth doula (CD)DONA. I am the mother of two teenaged boys, and I delivered both naturally, thanks to the help [...]
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