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Beyond Postpartum is a blog which shares information about postpartum depression, and events such as teleconference calls, and parenting classes.
The following is description taken from the blog:
This blog serves to share personal experience in dealing with Perinatal Mood Disorders as well as providing research and information related to pregnancy and the postpartum period. PPMDs are the most common complication of childbirth and are experienced by 1 of every 8 women who give birth (and by some fathers and adoptive parents, as well). Expectant mothers should be treated with care and respect and realistic expectations of life after having a new baby should be encouraged in families.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Birth Documentary Contest
Birth Documentary Contest: $1,000 First Prize
Birth Matters Virginia is soliciting 4-7 minute educational videos about birth in the hopes of reducing the incidence of medically unnecessary c-sections, infant and maternal morbidity, and skyrocketing health care costs. The first-place winner will receive a prize of $1,000. Second place $500 and an "honorable mention" prize of $100 will also be awarded. The deadline for entering the contest is Mother's Day, May 10, 2009.
Guest judges include: Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein, acclaimed producers of the Business of Being Born and Sarah J. Buckley., MD, international birth expert and author of Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering. Ricki, Abby, and Sarah will join a consumer-based panel of judges who will be evaluating the tone, educational content, creativity and more. You don't have to be a professional to enter and you don't have to be from Virginia. We'd love to get videos from mothers, fathers, filmmakers, film students, birth advocates, and anyone else who is interested in birth or film or wants to win $1000.
Birth Matters Virginia advocates "evidence-based" maternity care, which simply means using the best available research on the safety and effectiveness of specific practices to help guide maternity care decisions and to facilitate optimal outcomes in mothers and newborns. There are a lot of ways to approach that topic and lots of opinions on what that means, and we're looking forward to the variety of entries.
For rules, how to enter, or to sign up for updates, please visit http://www.birthmat tersva.org/ videocontest. html
You can also join our Facebook group to get updates about the contest and exchange ideas with other participants at
http://www.facebook .com/group. php?gid=73753459 808
And if you have questions, email Sarah at Richmond@birthmatte rsva.org
Birth Matters Virginia is soliciting 4-7 minute educational videos about birth in the hopes of reducing the incidence of medically unnecessary c-sections, infant and maternal morbidity, and skyrocketing health care costs. The first-place winner will receive a prize of $1,000. Second place $500 and an "honorable mention" prize of $100 will also be awarded. The deadline for entering the contest is Mother's Day, May 10, 2009.
Guest judges include: Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein, acclaimed producers of the Business of Being Born and Sarah J. Buckley., MD, international birth expert and author of Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering. Ricki, Abby, and Sarah will join a consumer-based panel of judges who will be evaluating the tone, educational content, creativity and more. You don't have to be a professional to enter and you don't have to be from Virginia. We'd love to get videos from mothers, fathers, filmmakers, film students, birth advocates, and anyone else who is interested in birth or film or wants to win $1000.
Birth Matters Virginia advocates "evidence-based" maternity care, which simply means using the best available research on the safety and effectiveness of specific practices to help guide maternity care decisions and to facilitate optimal outcomes in mothers and newborns. There are a lot of ways to approach that topic and lots of opinions on what that means, and we're looking forward to the variety of entries.
For rules, how to enter, or to sign up for updates, please visit http://www.birthmat tersva.org/ videocontest. html
You can also join our Facebook group to get updates about the contest and exchange ideas with other participants at
http://www.facebook .com/group. php?gid=73753459 808
And if you have questions, email Sarah at Richmond@birthmatte rsva.org
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Food Consumption During Labor and Birth
Research
Effect of food intake during labour on obstetric outcome: randomised controlled trial
Geraldine O’Sullivan, consultant anaesthetist1, Bing Liu, research associate2, Darren Hart, agenda for change midwife3, Paul Seed, senior lecturer in medical statistics2, Andrew Shennan, professor of obstetrics2
1 Department of Anaesthesia, St Thomas’ Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London SE1 7EH, 2 Maternal and Fetal Research Unit, King’s College London, London SE1 7EH, 3 Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Correspondence to: A Shennan andrew.shennan@kcl.ac.uk
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
References
Objective To investigate the effect of feeding during labour on obstetric and neonatal outcomes.
Design Prospective randomised controlled trial.
Setting Birth centre in London teaching hospital.
Participants 2426 nulliparous, non-diabetic women at term, with a singleton cephalic presenting fetus and in labour with a cervical dilatation of less than 6 cm.
Intervention Consumption of a light diet or water during labour.
Main outcome measures The primary outcome measure was spontaneous vaginal delivery rate. Other outcomes measured included duration of labour, need for augmentation of labour, instrumental and caesarean delivery rates, incidence of vomiting, and neonatal outcome.
Results The spontaneous vaginal delivery rate was the same in both groups (44%; relative risk 0.99, 95% confidence interval 0.90 to 1.08). No clinically important differences were found in the duration of labour (geometric mean: eating, 597 min v water, 612 min; ratio of geometric means 0.98, 95% confidence interval 0.93 to 1.03), the caesarean delivery rate (30% v 30%; relative risk 0.99, 0.87 to 1.12), or the incidence of vomiting (35% v 34%; relative risk 1.05, 0.9 to 1.2). Neonatal outcomes were also similar.
Conclusions Consumption of a light diet during labour did not influence obstetric or neonatal outcomes in participants, nor did it increase the incidence of vomiting. Women who are allowed to eat in labour have similar lengths of labour and operative delivery rates to those allowed water only.
Trial registration Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN33298015 [controlled-trials.com] .
Effect of food intake during labour on obstetric outcome: randomised controlled trial
Geraldine O’Sullivan, consultant anaesthetist1, Bing Liu, research associate2, Darren Hart, agenda for change midwife3, Paul Seed, senior lecturer in medical statistics2, Andrew Shennan, professor of obstetrics2
1 Department of Anaesthesia, St Thomas’ Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London SE1 7EH, 2 Maternal and Fetal Research Unit, King’s College London, London SE1 7EH, 3 Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Correspondence to: A Shennan andrew.shennan@kcl.ac.uk
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
References
Objective To investigate the effect of feeding during labour on obstetric and neonatal outcomes.
Design Prospective randomised controlled trial.
Setting Birth centre in London teaching hospital.
Participants 2426 nulliparous, non-diabetic women at term, with a singleton cephalic presenting fetus and in labour with a cervical dilatation of less than 6 cm.
Intervention Consumption of a light diet or water during labour.
Main outcome measures The primary outcome measure was spontaneous vaginal delivery rate. Other outcomes measured included duration of labour, need for augmentation of labour, instrumental and caesarean delivery rates, incidence of vomiting, and neonatal outcome.
Results The spontaneous vaginal delivery rate was the same in both groups (44%; relative risk 0.99, 95% confidence interval 0.90 to 1.08). No clinically important differences were found in the duration of labour (geometric mean: eating, 597 min v water, 612 min; ratio of geometric means 0.98, 95% confidence interval 0.93 to 1.03), the caesarean delivery rate (30% v 30%; relative risk 0.99, 0.87 to 1.12), or the incidence of vomiting (35% v 34%; relative risk 1.05, 0.9 to 1.2). Neonatal outcomes were also similar.
Conclusions Consumption of a light diet during labour did not influence obstetric or neonatal outcomes in participants, nor did it increase the incidence of vomiting. Women who are allowed to eat in labour have similar lengths of labour and operative delivery rates to those allowed water only.
Trial registration Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN33298015 [controlled-trials.com] .
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