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Deb .. San Francisco, California
Debra Flashenberg is the Director of the Prenatal Yoga Center in New York, NY. A graduate of... More
Blessed Angel US
I was a former labor and delivery nurse for 17 years. I am presently a volunteer labor doula. I... More
Jennifer L. Bloomington, Indiana
Midwestern grandmom of two, mom of one.  Interested in the support of doulas and midwives in... More
Kara S. Eugene, Oregon
I'm a craniosacral therapist, birth and postpartum doula, childbirth educator, consultant,... More
Elizabeth J. PALO ALTO, CA
I am 8 1/2 months post childbirth, breastfeeding, working mom with very little time to... More
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Natural childbirth by AtYourCervix Patient Expert I'm excited to say, I had two natural childbirth families/births, two days in a row! YEAH!!! Both were beautiful births. Both moms were totally in control of their bodies, and very peaceful. One of the moms...
Natural childbirth by AtYourCervix Patient Expert I've been having a nice run of natural childbirth patients lately --- and I'm LOVING IT! One shift, I had two women, each having their first baby, both who went natural for their labor and birth...
Childbirth Workers – Survey by Sheridan Ripley Patient Expert Someone is writing a book about Childbirth Carreers.  She has a survey that she wants workers to fill out.  If you work in the childbirth field, please go fill it out.  It only took about 5
Childbirth Class by Sarah M. Patient Expert We started our Childbirth Prep class this week. I was really looking forward to it but I don't think that Big John shared my enthusiasm. We were one of the first couples there. But after a little bit...
Recent Artcile, Childbirth: Can the U.S. Improve? by Deb .. Healthy Living Professional I love when childbirth related articles fall into mainstream media. The Sunday, LA Times published an article, “Childbirth: Can the U.S. improve?”. It highlights some of the biggest issues facing expectant...
Name my New Childbirth Classes! by Sheridan Ripley Patient Expert I am making new Online Childbirth Classes and need some help naming them. Here are the details..., however they will be “safe” for moms studying hypnosis for childbirth. I thought of these 2 choices… Enjoy Birth Online...
What It's Like to Take Childbirth Classes at Sinai by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert 's like to take childbirth classes. She'll be blogging periodically on her experiences as a new mother. I’m expecting a baby... Childbirth Series to find out what labor was all about as well as to learn the infamous breathing techniques...
What It's Like to Take Childbirth Classes at Sinai by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert 's like to take childbirth classes. She'll be blogging periodically on her experiences as a new mother. I’m expecting a baby... Childbirth Series to find out what labor was all about as well as to learn the infamous breathing techniques...
Natural Childbirth: Delayed Cord Clamping by Jennifer Lance Patient Expert in a natural childbirth book my midwives had loaned to me, and I was struck at how barbaric it is not to delay... begin early cord clamping?  According to Empowered Childbirth, it was to prevent anesthesia...
Alarming new statistics on "non"-natural childbirth! by HUG Your Baby Patient Expert , and her husband, Jeff, our local electrician, had found their way to our hospital's childbirth education class... to push him out into this big, wonderful world!" Sally's passion to deliver by natural childbirth...

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Childbirth Studies and Incontinence
Two new studies landed on my desk this week – both about the effects of pregnancy and childbirth..., and the other with urinary incontinence. Both studies seem to offer further confirmation that pregnancy and/or childbirth... or 4th degree tears to the anal sphincter during childbirth. According to the study, two years...crap

Study Identifies Causes, Rates of Death Among Young People Worldwide
"Road accidents, pregnancy and childbirth complications, suicide, violence, the AIDS virus and tuberculosis are the biggest killers of young people across the world," according to a paper published on Friday inthe journalLancet, Reutersreports. Researchers supported by the WHO "said their study...crap

In Want Of Continence After Childbirth
of childbirth.   Let us not ignore the plight of women who lack access to the obstetrical care in childbirth...crap

chances of vertical transmission
I know that an infant has a low chance of becoming infected during pregnancy and/or childbirth, but I am curious to know why that percentage isn't much higher since the infant and mother share their fluids during pregnancy. Why is a child not automatically at a high-risk for vertical transmission of HIV if mother...crap

Type 1 Diabetes and High Risk Pregnancy
childbirth classes. We met with about 10 other couples in a conference room at our local hospital... so many bellies, all about the same size as mine! We all expressed similar fears and concerns about childbirth...crap

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With having my last child, would herpes have shown up? Or should I ask, during or after childbirth would herpes show up and could a doctor be able to tell? Thank you in advance. distresscrap

Girls' Lack of Education Increases Risk of HIV Infection, Threatens Economic Development, UNICEF Re
More than 121 million children are out of school worldwide, including 65 million girls, increasing the likelihood that they will die in childbirth or live in poverty, according to UNICEF's "State of the World..., hunger, violence, abuse, exploitation and trafficking and they are more likely to die in childbirth...crap

Maternal Deaths Drop by Nearly Half Worldwide Over 20 Years; Greater Progress Still Needed, U.N. Re
"The number of women dying of pregnancy- and childbirth-related complications has almost halved in 20 years, according to new estimates released [on Wednesday] by the United Nations, which stressed... Press/Washington Post notes (5/16). "Women whose deaths are linked to pregnancy or childbirth...crap

does the labia minora stretch permanently from intercourse and/or childbirth?
does or can the labia minora stretch permanently from intercourse and/or childbirth? i.e., how much can one or the other effect the appearance of the labia minora? if so... to what degree? I have searched the web and get varying results. Some say yes... some say no. Would really appreciate a valid medical...crap

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