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Keeping up to date on the research. By Teri Shilling, MS, IBCLC, CD(DONA),
LCCE One of the biggest challenges of being an effective
childbirth educator is keeping up with the research. It’s
imperative for educators to know what is being examined and published and many
times misinterpreted by the media. Subscribing to a lot of peer-reviewed
research journals can be costly, in both time and money. Lamaze
International has created a quick and easy solution to that – quarterly
you can get an email from the Lamaze Institute for Normal Birth. Amy
Romano, CNM, is the editor and she keeps her pulse on all the research and then
picks the top studies that impact or support normal birth. She summarizes the
study and then highlights what the impact may be on normal birth. To
receive this quarterly newsletter, just go to http://www.lamaze.org/institute/advancing/rsnb.asp?parent=13
and sign up. No strings attached. Previous issues are also
available. If the url changes which in the world of the internet happens
a lot, start at www.lamaze.org.
Click on the Institute for Normal Birth and you will find it there.
You will also find the discussion board that is facilitated by Henci Goer and
other great resources. What is normal birth? The World
Health Organization met and started to define the care practices that support
normal birth. When the preliminary article was initially published in the
BIRTH journal, Lamaze tweaked the most important care practices and started to
promote them. These six care practices are: labor begins on its own,
freedom of movement, continuous labor support, no routine interventions,
non-supine position for birth, no separation of mother and baby and unlimited
opportunity for breastfeeding. Often times many people have an outdated
image of Lamaze. There have been a mountain of changes and it’s
worth getting to know what Lamaze of this century is about and what resources
they have made available to improve all childbirth educators and ultimately
birth for all women. with a
passion for birth, Teri
Shilling, ms, cd(dona),
ibclc, lcce http://www.passionforbirth.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-866-P4BIRTH |
