by Marcie Hadley | Jun 12, 2024 | birth, breech, c-section, home birth, hospital birth, Midwifery
Breech babies are a variation of normal. Up until the 1970’s, they were usually delivered vaginally. Obstetricians trained in delivering breech babies. This skill is no longer taught to obstetricians. Some homebirth midwives are skilled in breech birth, however....
by Marcie Hadley | Apr 8, 2024 | birth, interventions
What in the world is optimal cord clamping? In medicalized birth, immediate cord cutting was the standard practice. Today, however, most women and care providers have heard of delaying cutting the cord. Benefits of optimal cord clamping: What is the big deal about...
by Marcie Hadley | Jan 25, 2016 | labor
The wonders of your body’s pain relieving orchestra of labor hormones. Labor may bring the thought of intense physiological endurance with perhaps little to ease the discomfort of laboring and pushing a tiny human out of your body. This picture of labor...
by Marcie Hadley | Jan 2, 2016 | interventions
Epidurals for Labor Pain Relief If you have been researching the pros and cons of pain relief during labor, you have probably read about using epidurals for labor pain relief, a common method of pain relief administered during labor. You may be wanting to have as...
by Marcie Hadley | Feb 12, 2015 | Pregnancy
Because of growing concerns over Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, a new recommendation was issued by the The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), calling for pregnant women to abstain from alcohol during the first trimester of pregnancy. The RCOG...
