Fear and Anxiety
Study on pregnant women’s concerns about childbirth
The Mother-Infant Wellness Lab at UBC is conducting a survey to better understand pregnant women’s feelings about labour and delivery. If you are over 18 and pregnant, you can participate!
If you would like to participate, please click here. You can also access this study and more information about their lab at www.motherinfantwellness.ca.
The key to changing C-section trend
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Toronto Community News
By MARIA TZAVARAS May 08, 2009 12:26 PM
Doulas provide around the clock support to expectant mothers
The prospect of giving birth can be a scary thing for first-time expectant mothers.There are so many changes and so many questions that go along with being pregnant that having a support group of women who have experienced [...]
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Both Sides Now
Epidural or not? Women share their stories
Laura Bickle | Today’sParent.com
Omigod, I don’t know if I can do this. There was a point in each of my labours where this thought ran through my mind. With my first child, Paige, this thought occurred 15 hours after being induced, 10 hours after getting an epidural [...]
Stress during pregnancy increases asthma, allergy risk to baby
Babies born to mothers who are stressed during pregnancy may be at increased risk for asthma and other allergic disorders, a new study suggests…
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Labor Market
…Cesareans are not without drawbacks however, and they begin the moment the last stitches are made in the stupefied patient’s lower belly. The WHO recommends that babies be breastfed within an hour of birth, because vital antibodies and protective proteins — in effect, the baby’s first immunizations — are delivered through those precious early drops of milk…
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Long before she even met her husband, and well before she decided to become pregnant, Euna Chung made a firm decision about how she would deliver her children. “I knew for years that I wanted a caesarean section,” the 31-year-old Los Angeles–based child psychiatrist says…
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