Allowing women to extend labor reduces rate of cesarean delivery: When women in laboUr are given more time to deliver their baby than current guidelines recommend, their incidence of caesarean delivery drops by 55 percent, say researchers at Thomas Jefferson University.
19 Mar 2016
New research on the science behind Microbirth: This is exciting. New research on the science behind Microbirth published by Professor Hannah Dahlen, Jacquelyn Taylor (who were both featured in Microbirth) and also Soo Downe (the original inspiration for Microbirth) and Holly Powell-Kennedy (who we also interviewed!)
28 Jan 2016
Intact Cord Resuscitation Research: some midwives in British Columbia already practice intact cord resuscitation (ICR) at planned home births and in the hospital in order to facilitate delayed cord clamping for infants who need resuscitation.
Home Birth Supports Baby’s Immune System: Birth is an intrinsically natural and primal experience of the creative expression of life. It is the basis upon which life emerges from the womb to the world.
25 Nov 2014
Bed sharing, Breastfedding and SIDS risk: A review of liturature and data on this often emotve topic, questioning what our concerns should perhaps really be
23 Jul 2014
Historical review of water birth research: Evidence on the saftey of water birth
11 Jul 2014
Plus size pregnancy: A how to on plus size pregnancy care
20 Jun 2014
Why Choose Home Birth?: A series on "why choose home birth" from the Childbirth Collective
14 May 2014
Fathers and Homebirth: What do fathers think about homebirth? What is the man's role at a home birth?
Mothering the Mother: Fourty days of rest. “The role of the midwife is to be mother to the mother.” (Unknown)
Midwives becoming mothers: Three personal journeys of labour and birth for ‘Heather the Woman’, three ‘key’ lessons for ‘Heather the Midwife’!
The Hour after Birth: The First Hour After Birth: A Baby’s 9 Instinctive Stages
