https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-eating-dates-to-start-labor/ This has been a hot topic in the doula world for a while. (Click link above to watch the video on EBB website regarding dates and labor!) In today’s Q & A, part of our Natural Induction Series, we’re going to talk about eating the date fruit or Phoenix dactylifera to induce labor naturally. …
Show Me Your Cochrane!
http://www.orgasmicbirth.com/cochrane/ (click link to read blog on orgasmicbirth.com) Turning a page for Maternity Care I am pleasantly surprised that we may be FINALLY turning a page in the her-story of medicalized maternity care. While most fields of medicine base their practices on the latest and best science, maternity care has been in the dark ages, leaving …
Fearing childbirth may prolong labor
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/27/fearing-childbirth-may-prolong-labor/ Dr. Stuart Fischbein chuckled when he read the title of the press release: "Women with a fear of childbirth endure a longer labor." The release was promoting a study published this week in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Researchers at Akershus University Hospital in Norway found women who feared giving birth …
