Praise for Suzanne Arms’ work

I count my blessings that Suzanne Arms has been in my life, guiding me as a mother and mentoring me as a professional since 1980. She’s been instrumental in shifting how birth and mother-baby-family care happens in this country, for those interested in transformation; and her broad perspective has helped so many to find their instinctual wisdom. Suzanne is my …

Connecting the Dots: Babies and Ivory

Infant mortality and elephant poaching in Africa? What could they have in common?         Plenty. Researchers have, for the first time, observed a direct connection between elephant poaching in Africa, and poverty, as expressed in high rates of mother and baby deaths in humans. This is just one of many examples of how life on this earth …

Holland’s Lesson

The nation of Holland consistently has among the finest statistics for mother and baby health in the world. Holland is a model for us to follow. Contrary to popular misconception, Holland has a widely diverse population, with as many as 23 languages spoken in prenatal clinics. Like several other Northern European countries, Holland has a national policy that guarantees every …

Economics of Birth

What are We Paying For in Birth? Whether birth is covered under an insurance plan, or whether a woman or couple are paying “out-of-pocket”, birth is still costing them – and us – money. Question: Are we getting the value fr price of viagra om the money it costs to have a baby today? Another Question: Are parents in many …

Waterbirth Basics – Research & References (part 3)

Current Research, Facts, Tips and References By Barbara Harper, Founder and President of Waterbirth International and Global Maternal-Child Health (www.waterbirth.org) August 21, 1999 should be remembered as a landmark in t viagra super active he history of birth pools. On that day the British Medical Journal published an unprecedented study about waterbirth. This study is authoritative for several reasons: The …

Waterbirth Basics – Water Birth in Hospitals (part 2)

Waterbirth By Barbara Harper, Founder and President of Waterbirth International and Global Maternal-Child Health (www.waterbirth.org) Waterbirth is simple. Within buy cialis online no prescription the simplicity of water labor and birth lies a complexity of questions, choices, opinions, research data, women’s experience and practitioner observations. Over the past five years as more hospitals within the United States examine waterbirth and …

Waterbirth Basics – Safety & the Baby (part 1)

From Newborn Breathing to Hospital Protocols By Barbara Harper, Founder and President of Waterbirth International and Global Maternal-Child Health (www.waterbirth.org) The first and WORK FROM NO HOME foremost question in everyone’s mind and the lead in all of these newspaper accounts is simple: How does the baby breathe during a waterbirth? There are several factors that prevent a baby from …

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Epidural anesthesia

Epidurals, a most recent variation on the theme of spinal anesthesia, are today considered “the Cadillac” of all pain relief in birth. It is also linked to many complications in labor and delivery, including: Rapid drop in the moth buy generic levitra online er’s blood pressure A fever in the mother Stopping the progress of labor Making it impossible for …

Changes in Hospitals

Meaningful or just window dressing? For a brief period in the late 1970’s, rigid hospital policies across the United States started to break down.  In direct response to a growing vocal minority of birthing women and their families who desired truly natural birth in the hospital setting, nurses and physicians began to simply turn their back on such rules as …