Infant Care

 

Kangaroo Care for Babies PDF

 

Beta endorphin concentrations in human milk

 

Exercise doesn't reduce quality of breast milk Concentration of key fatty acids not diminished, study suggests

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News & Editorials

 

A Plaintiff's Verdict: Meador v. Stahler and Gheridian

 

Breastfeeding acceptance up for World Breastfeeding Week 2005

 

VBAC/Cesarean Prevention

 

Having Babies-Home Births with Midwives

 

Midwife-Attended Births & Modern Medicine

 

Midwives Applaud New 'False Labor' EMTALA Regulations

News & Research

Research

 

A sampling of recent research from around the globe; for more extensive reading please see the mbr Resources pages.

 

Pregnancy

 

Many Pregnancy-Related Deaths May Be Preventable

 

As Babies Are Born Earlier, They Risk Problems Later

Labor

 

Ecstatic Birth- nature's hormonal blueprint for labor

 

Physiology of Pushing

 

Coached Pushing

 

Term Breech Trial Flawed

Birth Interventions

 

Press Release: FDA Alert on Cytotec PDF

 

Nalbuphine Injection (Nubain) Linked to Risk for Fetal Adverse Events

 

Perchlorate: Research to Remember

 

Elective Cesarean Surgery Versus Planned Vaginal Birth: What Are the Consequences? PDF

 

The Problem with Maternal Request Cesarean PDF

 

Special Deliveries: Are doctors performing too many C-sections?

 

Study: Women Can Attempt VBACs At or After 40 Weeks' Gestation

 

Risks of cesarean delivery are under reported, benefits overstated PDF

 

The influence of timing of elective cesarean section on neonatal resuscitation risk

 

Neonatal impact of elective repeat cesarean delivery at term: A comment on patient choice cesarean delivery PDF

 

Are Women Having Too Many C-Sections?

Birth at Home

 

Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North America PDF