Choosing your Care Provider

choosing your care provider

After a series of natural childbirth intentions have turned into medical birth experiences, I have been struggling to discern what my position, as a doula, is to help other couples avoid the glaring pitfalls that have befallen their predecessors.  How should I breach the subject of their choice in care provider with clients or potential…

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APGAR Score

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On a trip recently to the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, I came across something surprising to me and maybe to some of you! Most of you have heard of the term “Apgar Score”, but what is it and where did it come from? The APGAR score was developed in 1952 to…

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Epidural Plus Fever During Labor Put Baby at Risk

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From: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Anesthesiology/Anesthesiology/30914 Epidural Plus Fever During Labor Put Baby at Risk By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage TodayPublished: January 30, 2012 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner Action Points A temperature spike during labor with epidural analgesia may indicate…

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