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Progressing labor without Pitocin (Syntocinon)
Join myself and veteran labor and delivery nurse Dorothy Troutman as we explore ways to progress labor without turning to Pitocin (Syntocinon). Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/01ONeT3xJeWkdlBloN8N9A Continue Reading
Is the Entertainment Industry Responsible for our Fear of Birth?
Have a listen as we explore labor and birth from popular TV and movies (Friends, New Amsterdam, Call The Midwife & Manifest) and discuss the rarity and reality of these fictionalized situtations. Season 1, Episode 6 of the Lamaze Podcasts Continue Reading
Knees Together Pushing in Childbirth? Why would I want to do that!
For as long as I can remember, I (and probably you) have been encouraging birthing people to adopt upright, forward and open positions (so-called ‘UFO Positions’) in labor in order to make as much space in the pelvis as possible. “Open the inlet” has always been my mantra along with many other educators, midwives… Continue Reading
The Vicious Circle of Labor Interventions and Breastfeeding Doubt
Ever heard a woman tell this story? Once upon a time the lady’s labor began with a long Pitocin (UK-Syntocinon) induced labor, an epidural for pain and either a long pushing stage or a C-Section? The mother felt an overwhelming joy when the baby was born and relief that the labor was over. But within… Continue Reading
Food for Thought: What to eat in Labor
(A version of this article originally appeared on Lamaze’s Educator Blog ‘Connecting the Dots’) I have always compared labor to mountain climbing. Early labor is when you fuel up, keep warm and plan your route in your base camp tent. Active labor needs stamina to traverse icy slopes and overcome unknown weather patterns. Transition is… Continue Reading
Does Kinesiology Tape (KT) Work to Reduce Pregnancy Backaches and Pain?
Women in my childbirth and breastfeeding classes find pregnancy to be a time of great excitement and anticipation. Underneath the surface however, pregnancy also brings worry, sleep deprivation, changes to lifestyle and decision making. Women are bombarded with media images of the perfect pregnancy and often carry on working and exercising up until labor begins.… Continue Reading
The Husband Stitch – Adding Insult to Injury
Rarely does a topic make me wince and enrage me at the same time. So here it goes – a little therapy rant! Recently, I was reading comments on a private Facebook Group where the topic of the ‘husband stitch’ or ‘daddy stitch’ was being discussed. For those who have never heard the term, prepare… Continue Reading
What Does Childbirth and a Gender Reveal Party Have in Common?
In 2018, a 47,000 acre ‘gender reveal party’ started a blaze in Arizona costing a total of $8m to extinguish. Last week, the El Dorado Fire in Southern California was started the same way. It is currently still burning just a few short miles from my home causing mayhem. But when it is out, will… Continue Reading
Posterior Cervix? No worries!
Why is my cervix posterior and WTH does that mean for labor? In truth, most all women have a posterior (leaning back) cervix that moves anterior (leaning front) during labor. A posterior cervix is not a recognized medical condition nor is it mentioned in my midwifery textbook (Myles Textbook for Midwives) – but rather a bit of a… Continue Reading
Dark Covid Clouds may also have Silver Maternal Linings
Dark Covid Clouds……Silver Maternal Linings? It’s not easy to deal with the stress of pregnancy, labor and the postnatal period during the best of times but for most, Covid-19 has severely compounded the struggle. The cancellation of many in-person prenatal visits and childbirth and breastfeeding classes and the lack of firm knowledge of how Covid-19… Continue Reading
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Doctors Give Black Women Unneeded C-Sections to Fill Operating Rooms, Study Suggests
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Healthy Black women with low risk factors were far more likely to get C-sections than white women with similar medical histories, a large new study found.
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Learn4Birth is facilitated by Mindy Cockeram. After obtaining a BA from Villanova University in 1986, Mindy retrained as a Childbirth Educator through the UK’s National Childbirth Trust’s (NCT’s) Antenatal Certification in conjunction with the University of Bedfordshire in 2004. After migrating back to the USA in 2010, she also certified through Lamaze International and teaches childbirth education both privately and for a large hospital organization several times a week.