Cradle of Birth News Blogs

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

"It is important that we don’t unnecessarily restrict a women’s ability to eat or drink during labor," said Deborah Anderson, CNM, Associate Clinical Professor from the University of California, San Francisco. "In addition to providing hydration, nutrition, and comfort, self-regulating intake decreases a women’s stress level and provides her with a feeling of control."

"Doulas trust birth and are not afraid of it even when the mom and dad get afraid," Short (doula) said. "We're there to just say things are fine; you're doing great; this is all normal."
Ten days after the birth of her son, Braydon, Trotter reflected on the experience. "It was a perfect one in my eyes," she said. "I think having a doula definitely would be helpful for anybody, and I wouldn't change anything about the birth."
Short enjoys seeing new families come to life and concludes, "The best part for me is helping women realize what their bodies can do. Just having that support can make all the difference."

LONDON - More than half of mothers who died during child birth were overweight, a report found on Tuesday.
Obese pregnant women are more at risk of dying, suffering heart disease, miscarriage, diabetes, infections and blood clots.
It also found that women from poorer backgrounds were up to seven times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications.

It’s the perfect immunobooster -- it provides large amounts of living cells and the concentration of leukocytes is much higher than in the milk you produce later. These leukocytes protect baby from various microorganisms, bacteria and viruses.
In the days leading up to this change, it’s important to breastfeed 8-12 times in each 24-hour period, and even more if you can! This gives your baby the chance to absorb as much of that Breastmilk Cristal as possible, and stimulates the production of mature milk.
Not only is colostrum the only food most newborns need, but a baby who is only a day old can only has a stomach capacity of about 5mls, meaning the stomach is roughly the size of a marble. If you produced any more colostrum than those few teaspoons, your babe would just spit up the excess --

"Studies consistently show that inducing labor almost doubles a woman's chance of having cesarean surgery."
"A study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association examined 4.5 million births in the United States and Canada and concluded that babies born only a few weeks early-at 34 weeks through 36 weeks-were nearly 3 times more likely to die in their first year of life than full-term infants. "
"Studies consistently show that inducing for a suspected large baby increases, rather than decreases, the incidence of cesarean birth."