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  • Labor Medications Can Harm Your Baby

     It used to be thought that the unborn baby was protected from harm by the placenta which filtered out dangerous chemicals. The tragedy of the limb-deficient Thalidomide babies in the 1970's, however, connected the use of drug with very real consequences to the growing fetus. Additional anomalies were detected in off-spring of women who took DES.More

  • How Ultrasound Works

     Ultrasound is a form of energy and radiation, but not ionizing radiation. Like other sources of energy, it occurs in soundwaves which move at frequencies higher than the human ear can hear. The ultrasound waves are emitted at 2 to 4 megahertz which is a higher frequency than AM radio.More

  • Is Pregnancy Ultrasound Risky?

     No one knows the long-term effects of ultrasound use. Many practitioners feel that the technology is perfectly safe since studies of babies and their mothers have not determined any effects. Other practitioners are not so convinced of ultrasound safety and feel that judicious use is advised.More

  • Diagnostic Ultrasound in Pregnancy - Is It Necessary?

     The journal, Obstetrics and Gynecology, estimated that over half of all pregnant women in 1990 had undergone diagnostic ultrasound, yet research published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggest that 80 percent of all pregnant women are very low risk and do not need ultrasounds. The unnecessary ultrasounds cost about $1 Billion per year.Any woman who is told she needs an ultrasound should ask about the potential benefits of the test and the risks of the procedure.More

  • Pregnancy Tip: Herbs Commonly Used In Pregnancy, Labor And Postpartum

     Shepherd's PurseShepherd's Purse is an annual, weed, that grows to about 20 iinches in height and is easily recognized by the heart-shaped pods that form near the top. It grows in sunny areas throughout the United States.The entire plant is used medicinally mainly as a anti-hemmorrhagic by coagulating the blood and constricting the veins.More

  • Selecting Your Midwife

     People are choosing home birth around the world because they want more control of pregnancy and birth. They are turning away from doctors and hospitals usually because they had an unpleasant birthing experience or they simply do not want to be bossed around by a doctor or nurse. Here are some important questions you should ask before you choose your midwife.More

  • Homebirth: As Safe As Birth Gets

     Each year in America, approximately 1% of the births occur in home settings. In Illinois in 1992, 1,218 families filed birth certificates that reflected a homebirth. Approximately one-third of the births occurred to Black families.More

  • Siblings and the Homebirth Setting

     As birth moved out of the home, and families were splintered by the birth experience, birth no longer was a family event. Birth became dehumanized. With the return to home and with the consumer demands for more "home-like" settings in institutions, the concept of children at birth has became a "problem" that needs special preparation, classes and advice from "experts".More

  • Midwives: Your Best Bet!

     HistoryIn 1900 half of all Americans were born into the hands of a midwife, at home. Early studies comparing the birth outcomes of physicians versus midwives showed that midwives had fewer maternal and infant loses than the doctors. The United States had a very high percentage of maternal deaths compared to other countries.More

  • Risks And Benefits Of Hospital Procedures

     In spite of all the advertising touting "home-like" birthing rooms in hospitals, for most women, a hospital birth will be nothing like a home birth. Interventions are routine in the hospitals in my state. Every laboring woman will be hooked up for some period of time to an electronic fetal monitor, given vaginal exams, and be told where and in what position she must give birth.More