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Tag Archives: Induction
Is induction right for you? (Free Webinar)
Lamaze International is hosting a free webinar on deciding if induction of labor is the right decision for you. This online webinar is geared towards moms. Be sure to pass this alone to your friends and family as well. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Induction, Lamaze International, webinar
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National Prematurity Awareness Month
Many hospitals are enacting policies to prevent preterm deliveries by banning elective birth before 39 weeks. Some have policies, some have enforcement or recommendations and others just do education. Guess which works the best? What’s being done in your area? … Continue reading
Posted in Induction, March of Dimes, Prematurity
Tagged Induction, March of Dimes, National Prematurity Awareness Month, Prematurity
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Induction Increases the Risk of C-Section
Well, the journal of duh strikes again – it’s being reported that induction increases the c-section rates for first time moms. This is nothing new to those of us who have been around the birth world for awhile, but the … Continue reading
Posted in Cesarean Section, Induction
Tagged c-section, first time moms, Induction, journal, study
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It can wait for tomorrow…
I had one of those days where I had a list of things to do while out on the town, had my 10 month old in tote, and because of forces out of my control, got none of them done. … Continue reading
Posted in Cesarean Section, Induction, Labor and Birth, Obstetricial Interventions
Tagged cesarean, Induction
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Angie’s List Induction-Turned-Cesarean Commercial
Transcript of an actual Angie’s List review: At my 41 week appointment, my OB decided to induce me, but I guess I took longer than he expected because just as I went into hard labor, he told me he was … Continue reading
Late Preterm Birth – STOP THE MADNESS
The CDC released another report on lat preterm birth today. ?Here are some of the key findings: The U.S. late preterm birth rate rose 20% from 1990 to 2006. If the late preterm rate had not risen from the 1990 … Continue reading
Labor Begins On Its Own
The first healthy birth practice is simple enough – let labor start on its own.? This means no meddling around.? You don’t need to tinker with a process that’s ultimately perfect for the vast majority of women.? Your baby’s brain … Continue reading
ACOG Revises Induction Protocol
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issues a press release saying that there is a revision to it’s labor induction guidelines. The basics from the press release do not look very different from what I had heard … Continue reading
Posted in American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology (ACOG), Induction
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