http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_waronscience
A brilliant article about vaccinations and the anti-vaccine movement.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
ACOG (finally) recommends VBACs
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/health/22birth.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Yes, I know, little love for my readers recently. What can I say, I'm in full Nesting mode and tiring myself out too much to come up with coherent sentences. So here's something for you. I promise, you're not forgotten!
Yes, I know, little love for my readers recently. What can I say, I'm in full Nesting mode and tiring myself out too much to come up with coherent sentences. So here's something for you. I promise, you're not forgotten!
Monday, July 12, 2010
Pitocin Not FDA approved for elective inductions
http://www.birthroutes.com/2010/05/pitocin-not-approved-by-the-fda-for-elective-or-nonmedical-inductions-.html
I have a feeling most doctors don't want their patients to know this.
I have a feeling most doctors don't want their patients to know this.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Midwives can practice in New York State again
As of last Wednesday (June 30), the New York State assembly passed a law that midwives no longer need to have practice agreements with doctors in order to deliver babies. This was vehemently apposed by ACOG (surprise, surprise), but was the right thing to do. Where I live there aren't any formal relationships between the licensed midwives that I work with and any obs. And I don't think that there needs to be. If there is an emergency, a laboring woman will go to a hospital, having a formal agreement with an ob doesn't change this at all. Anyway, I'm thrilled for all of the woman who will now have better access to midwifery care in the state.
Here is an article that has a snippet about it: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/nyregion/02albany.html?scp=1&sq=midwives%20in%20new%20york&st=cse
Here is an article that has a snippet about it: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/nyregion/02albany.html?scp=1&sq=midwives%20in%20new%20york&st=cse
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Red Raspberry Leaf Tea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_raspberry_leaf
I asked my midwife at my last appointment (last Thursday) about drinking Red Raspberry Leaf tea as I had heard about it on a natural childbirth board. Basically I was told it couldn't hurt. So last Sunday I stopped off at Whole Foods and bought three boxes, two Traditional Medicine brand and one Yogi Tea brand. The Traditional Medicine is just 100% RRL, the Yogi Tea has a bunch of other stuff in it, including mint. Right now, I'm liking the plain tea the best. It tastes almost like black tea, but without the caffeine. I usually drink it straight, but it's not bad with some honey, either. The benefits are that it's high in a bunch of vitamins (see Wiki site), and since I need to keep my fluids up, this is another way to do that. So I'm drinking a liter of tea, and trying to get in a liter of water, plus whatever milk I drink. I'm doing better some days than others. Anyway, I'll go ahead and recommend the tea, as I can't find any negatives to drinking it.
I asked my midwife at my last appointment (last Thursday) about drinking Red Raspberry Leaf tea as I had heard about it on a natural childbirth board. Basically I was told it couldn't hurt. So last Sunday I stopped off at Whole Foods and bought three boxes, two Traditional Medicine brand and one Yogi Tea brand. The Traditional Medicine is just 100% RRL, the Yogi Tea has a bunch of other stuff in it, including mint. Right now, I'm liking the plain tea the best. It tastes almost like black tea, but without the caffeine. I usually drink it straight, but it's not bad with some honey, either. The benefits are that it's high in a bunch of vitamins (see Wiki site), and since I need to keep my fluids up, this is another way to do that. So I'm drinking a liter of tea, and trying to get in a liter of water, plus whatever milk I drink. I'm doing better some days than others. Anyway, I'll go ahead and recommend the tea, as I can't find any negatives to drinking it.
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