I let my daughter bring her stroller and baby doll to class, so she can do what the mommies are doing. Her active approach is catching on, too – other toddlers are starting to join in! It is never too early to start modeling healthy habits!
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The web is abuzz with news of the rising rate of home births. Increasingly women are electing to stay home for three major reasons: perceived safety, a desire to avoid medical interventions, and a previous negative hospital experience. There is also a lot of discussion about the need for more trained midwives, qualified to attend [...]
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This is a must see… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCPZrK8C2ZY&feature=player_embedded
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Outlining DTP’s goals in 2011: Helping women be healthy during the childbearing period, and adding to the effort to assure Safe Motherhood around the globe.
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The challenges to safe motherhood vary depending where in the world you live. In some areas the challenge may be to get adequate nutrition or clean water; in other areas, it may be to prevent infection; and in still other locations it may be trying to avoid pregnancy before your body is ready or getting [...]
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Ever wonder if humanity will become extinct sooner rather than later? Animal Planet program on sea turtles…hatchlings crawl across the sand to the ocean and the commentator remarks that only one in a hundred will survive to adulthood. Those who escape the pelican beaks or salt water crocodiles waiting for them on the sand may [...]
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Breastfeeding has been clearly demonstrated the best nutrition for babies and the best protection for healthy outcomes for babies and mothers. Of course, there are cases when it is not possible – genetic disorders that make it impossible for some babies to metabolize proteins or infections that one does not want to transmit via breast [...]
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Maternal mortality rates are down; however, U.S. rates are rising! What’s with the U.S.? We have asked this question before on this blog, but now a lot of others are asking, too! Must read: Hogan MC, Foreman KJ, Naghavi M, et al. Maternal Mortality for 181 Countries, 1980-2008: A Systematic Analysis of Progress Towards Millennium [...]
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